HCFO Work on Emergency Department Closures Highlighted by Physicians for a National Health Program

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Publication Date: 
May 26, 2011

HCFO-sponsored work led by Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., of the Naval Postgraduate School, was highlighted on the website of Physicians for a National Health Program (PHNP). The piece, "Market Decisions Negatively Impact Safety-Net Emergency Departments," featured a summary of the study's findings of a decline in the number of EDs in the United States, along with commentary from PHNP.