August 6, 2012, 1:06 PM
California hospital overcrowding disproportionately affects minority patients, according to a study published today. The study by UC San Francisco, Stanford University and UCLA researchers measured hospital overcrowding in 202 California facilities by analyzing ambulance diversion rates,...
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March 9, 2011, 12:06 AM
A relatively small cut in the grand scheme of the California budget is creating a significant stir among emergency room doctors. Last week, lawmakers voted to eliminate a $55 million fund that’s used to pay for care to uninsured patients who wind up in emergency rooms. Whether emergency...
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July 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
Patients visiting California emergency departments waited an average of four hours, 34 minutes last year. That's two minutes longer than they waited in 2008 and 27 minutes longer than the national average. The figures are part of a recent analysis of time spent in emergency departments by...
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March 15, 2010, 12:03 AM
This weekend was the second session of the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship conferences in Los Angeles, and the event provided some fascinating and newsy morsels. Here’s a round-up of what some of the speakers had to say (Check out more detailed blog items here as...
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