We identified 682 acute care hospitals located within 16 km (10 miles) of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. In aggregate, these hospitals operate in 78 MSAs with a total population of just under 85 million people. They have an estimated 192,821 medical and surgical inpatient...
In July 1864 plans for a hospital were first made public, after the late James Don, Esquire, of Bearhill, bequeathed £1,000 for the purpose of establishing a hospital or infirmary and dispensary in Brechin on condition that a further £1,000 was raised within 18 months by the local ...
About half of NH hospitals are classified as Medicare Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), which means that they have no more than 25 inpatient beds and are more than 35 miles away from the nearest hospital or CAH. Out of the 13 critical access hospitals in NH, five remain independent (Cottage...
In July 1864 plans for a hospital were first made public, after the late James Don, Esquire, of Bearhill, bequeathed £1,000 for the purpose of establishing a hospital or infirmary and dispensary in Brechin on condition that a further £1,000 was raised within 18 months by the local ...
A study found that nearly 64% of the pediatric populations is located within 50 miles of a pediatric hospital, although there are some areas where a pediatric hospital are not easily accessed [7]. The role of children’s hospitals in the healthcare system is to provide the specialized care ...
“You may not have the skill sets within your own health system, but you may have it at another institution,” she said. “If you create these think tanks, where they bring in problems and you solve them together, you may be able to help each other out and leverage the com...
We included Canada because the majority of large Canadian cities are within 100 miles of the US border and are potentially available to people from other countries who are willing to pay out-of-pocket or who are seeking charity care.15-17 Furthermore, a universal health insurance system might...
The affluent suburb of Edina lies within reach of the Twin Cities, hosting the Minnesota State University and the shopping districts 50th & France and Southdale. “People [in Edina] have a high expectation of success, no matter what the endeavor,” lifelong resident Ryan Lundtold the Star Trib...
Victorian asylums were notorious for their miles of long corridors, in the earlier nineteenth century these were often broad and doubled as day rooms for the patients. The subject of asylum corridors was often hotly debated amongst architects and physicians, perhaps this is why so many of the ...
1828William Alderson’s plans selected in competition. He was a Quaker. Plan very like Wakefield, Glasgow etc with octagon and central stair and wings off it. Finally erected for just 300, within six months full. Cubitt asked to adapt the building for additional 200. ...