COVID vaccines cut ER visits for children, CDC reports
COVID-19 vaccines given to children last fall helped keep many out of emergency rooms (ER) and urgent care, new data shows.
Dec 15, 2025
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Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services: News and Research on Emergency Room Visits
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Exposing inconsistencies in Australian aged care quality
A national study led by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Research Center based at SAHMRI and the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University, has revealed significant gaps in the quality of aged care services ...
Aug 19, 2025
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2018 to 2020 saw rise in firearm injury-related emergency department visits
Firearm injury-related emergency department visit rates increased from 2018 to 2020, then decreased through 2023, according to research published in the Nov. 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Research finds patients living outside metropolitan statistical areas travel farther for health care visits
In a research letter published online Nov. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, nationally representative measures of patient travel patterns are presented.
Nov 5, 2024
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Same ER. Same patient. Different visit: Study shows variation in data used to address health care disparities
For decades, the national effort to find and fight inequity in American health care has relied on vast amounts of anonymous medical record data from tens of millions of people.
Mar 12, 2024
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The impact of nurse practitioner placement in Japanese nursing homes
The global demographic shift marked by a decline in birth rates and an increase in aging populations has posed a significant strain on health care resources. Recognizing the need for better health care, researchers have proposed ...
Dec 29, 2023
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1 in 3 people dropped by Utah Medicaid left uninsured, a 'concerning' sign for nation
About 30% of Utah residents who were cut from Medicaid this year say they became uninsured, according to state officials who conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of people disenrolled from the program.
Nov 30, 2023
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Nursing homes serving Black residents found to have greater hospitalizations, emergency department visits
Staffing levels likely drive the differences in hospitalizations and emergency department visits among nursing homes, the researchers report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Jun 14, 2023
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Advanced practice registered nurses key to improving nursing home care, study finds
When Alisha Johnson worked in a Texas hospital, she noticed the same elderly patients being repeatedly transferred from nearby nursing homes after their health had once again severely declined.
Dec 12, 2022
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