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California hospitals serving large minority populations were more likely than others to employ ambulance diversionRenee Yuen Jan Hsia
emergency medicine at University of California, San Francisco, and emergency medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1767-76. 2012..These findings suggest that establishing more-uniform criteria to regulate diversion may help reduce disparities in access to emergency care...
Access to emergency and surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa: the infrastructure gapRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, 1E21, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Health Policy Plan 27:234-44. 2012..While most of the literature on this issue focuses on workforce challenges, it is critical to recognize infrastructure gaps that hinder the ability of health systems to make emergency and surgical care a reality...
Possible geographical barriers to trauma center access for vulnerable patients in the United States: an analysis of urban and rural communitiesRenee Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94110, USA
Arch Surg 146:46-52. 2011..To study whether traditionally vulnerable populations have worse geographic access to trauma centers...
Factors associated with closures of emergency departments in the United StatesRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
JAMA 305:1978-85. 2011..Federal law requiring EDs to treat all in need regardless of a patient's ability to pay may make EDs more vulnerable to the market forces that govern US health care...
Placing emergency care on the global agendaRenee Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:142-9. 2010..These analyses could be used to emphasize the public health and clinical importance of emergency care within health systems as policymakers determine health and budgeting priorities in resource-limited settings...
Do California counties with lower socioeconomic levels have less access to emergency department care?Deepa Ravikumar
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:508-13. 2010....
Current patterns of prehospital trauma care in Kampala, Uganda and the feasibility of a lay-first-responder training programSudha Jayaraman
Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, S321, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
World J Surg 33:2512-21. 2009..Uganda currently has no organized prehospital emergency system. We sought to measure the current burden of injury seen by lay people in Kampala, Uganda and to determine the feasibility of a lay first-responder training program...
First things first: effectiveness and scalability of a basic prehospital trauma care program for lay first-responders in Kampala, UgandaSudha Jayaraman
Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e6955. 2009..This study tests the effectiveness of this course and estimates the costs and cost-effectiveness of scaling up this training...
