Healthcare Finance News September 10, 2019
Hospital emergency room closures can adversely affect health outcomes for heart attack patients at neighboring hospitals that are near or at full capacity. Conversely, when a new emergency department opens, health outcomes for patients at those so-called “bystander” hospitals improve.
That’s according to a new study that looked specifically at outcomes for heart attack patients that is believed to be the first to evaluate the impact of emergency department openings and closures on bystander emergency departments. Researchers said the findings have implications for all patients, particularly in communities where inadequate health resources contribute to disproportionately poor health outcomes.
Lack of resources is considered a social determinant of health, as it’s a socioeconomic factor that can have an impact on patients’...
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