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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...
Disparities in trauma center access despite increasing utilization: data from California, 1999 to 2006Renee Y Hsia
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Trauma 68:217-24. 2010..We use patient-level data to describe the changes in utilization of trauma centers (TCs) in an 8-year period in California...- Factors associated with trauma center use for elderly patients with trauma: a statewide analysis, 1999-2008Renee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Arch Surg 146:585-92. 2011..To estimate the likelihood of trauma center admission for injured elderly patients with trauma, determine trends in trauma center admissions, and identify factors associated with trauma center use for elderly patients with trauma... - Deciphering the use and predictive value of "emergency medical services provider judgment" in out-of-hospital trauma triage: a multisite, mixed methods assessmentCraig D Newgard
Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:1239-48. 2012..We examine the use and independent predictive value of EMS provider judgment in identifying seriously injured persons... - Evaluating age in the field triage of injured personsYoko Nakamura
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA
Ann Emerg Med 60:335-45. 2012..We evaluate trauma undertriage by age group, the association between age and serious injury after accounting for other field triage criteria and confounders, and the potential effect of a mandatory age triage criterion for field triage... - Evaluating the use of existing data sources, probabilistic linkage, and multiple imputation to build population-based injury databases across phases of trauma careCraig Newgard
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA
Acad Emerg Med 19:469-80. 2012..The objective was to evaluate the process of using existing data sources, probabilistic linkage, and multiple imputation to create large population-based injury databases matched to outcomes... - Is emergency department closure resulting in increased distance to the nearest emergency department associated with increased inpatient mortality?Renee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Ann Emerg Med 60:707-715.e4. 2012..We seek to determine whether patients living in areas affected by emergency department (ED) closure, with subsequent increased distance to the nearest ED, have a higher risk of inpatient death from time-sensitive conditions... - Variation in prehospital use and uptake of the national Field Triage Decision SchemeAndy S Barnett
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 17:135-48. 2013..However, little is known about the uptake, modification, or variation in field application of triage criteria between trauma systems... - Comparison of presenting complaint vs discharge diagnosis for identifying " nonemergency" emergency department visitsMaria C Raven
Departments of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94707, USA
JAMA 309:1145-53. 2013..This approach does not incorporate other clinical factors such as chief complaint that may inform necessity for ED care... - Radiological imaging of patients with suspected urinary tract stones: national trends, diagnoses, and predictorsAntonio C Westphalen
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:699-707. 2011.... - 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... - Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007Ning Tang
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Ave, Box 0320, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
JAMA 304:664-70. 2010..The potential effects of increasing numbers of uninsured and underinsured persons on US emergency departments (EDs) is a concern for the health care safety net... 
Decreasing reimbursements for outpatient emergency department visits across payer groups from 1996 to 2004Renee Y Hsia
San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Ann Emerg Med 51:265-74, 274.e1-5. 2008..We seek to examine and document the trends in reimbursement for outpatient ED visits throughout the past decade...- Trends in charges and payments for nonhospitalized emergency department pediatric visits, 1996-2003Renee Y Hsia
San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:347-54. 2008..To compare charges and payments for outpatient pediatric emergency visits across payer groups to provide information on reimbursement trends... - System-level health disparities in California emergency departments: minorities and Medicaid patients are at higher risk of losing their emergency departmentsRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 59:358-65. 2012..We evaluate factors associated with ED closure in California and seek to determine whether hospitals serving more vulnerable populations have a higher rate of ED closure... - A multisite assessment of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma field triage decision scheme for identifying seriously injured children and adultsCraig D Newgard
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
J Am Coll Surg 213:709-21. 2011..We estimate the diagnostic value of the Field Triage Decision Scheme for identifying major trauma patients (Injury Severity Score [ISS] ≥ 16) in a large and diverse multisite cohort... - 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... - Association of emergency department length of stay with safety-net statusChristopher Fee
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, PO Box 0208, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
JAMA 307:476-82. 2012..Performance measures, particularly pay for performance, may have unintended consequences for safety-net institutions caring for disproportionate shares of Medicaid or uninsured patients... - Do mandates requiring insurers to pay for emergency care influence the use of the emergency department?Renee Y Hsia
Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Stanford, California, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1086-94. 2006..None of the analyses show evidence that the mandates are associated with increased use. We conclude that prudent layperson mandates are not associated with increases in ED visits among privately insured patients... - A framework for the economic analysis of child and adolescent mental disordersRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 20:251-9. 2008.... - Hospital determinants of emergency department left without being seen ratesRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 58:24-32.e3. 2011..We seek to determine whether hospital-level socioeconomic status case mix or hospital structural characteristics are predictive of ED left without being seen rates...