Background Determining the optimal number of hospital beds is a complex and challenging
endeavor and requires models and techniques which are sensitive to the multi-level …

Spatial accessibility provides significant policy implications, describing the spatial disparity
of access and supporting the decision-making process for placing additional infrastructure at …

The floating catchment area (FCA) family of metrics employ principles from gravity-based
models to incorporate supply, demand, and distance in their characterization of the spatial …

Objectives: To analyze patterns of critical care medicine beds, use, and costs in acute care
hospitals in the United States and relate critical care medicine beds and use to population …

Objectives The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on
pediatric emergency department (ED) utilization and outcomes. Methods This study is an …

We integrated recent improvements within the floating catchment area (FCA) method family
into an integrated 'iFCAmethod. Within this method we focused on the distance decay …

Before the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion, nonelderly childless adults were not
generally eligible for Medicaid regardless of their income, and Hispanics had much higher …

Aims and objectives To examine the influence of workplace incivility on the quality of nursing
care. Background Recent evidence describes workplace incivility as a serious concern in …

Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US with deaths from opioid
overdose occurring at a higher rate in rural areas. The gaps in the provision of healthcare …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients could not receive timely healthcare services
due to limited availability and access to healthcare resources and services. Previous studies …