JAMA Health Forum · 2022 · 54 citations · 2 references
Health ProfessionsHealth Services AdministrationHealth SystemsHospital AdministrationHospital MedicinePrehospital Emergency CareCare CoordinationHospital CoordinationHospital Resource UtilizationInpatient CareInterfacility Patient TransferSurge CapacityInpatient Care UtilizationMedical Surge CoordinationRegional Response CoordinationRegional Service CentersRegional Surge CoordinationRegional Transfer NetworksSpecialty Care UseTransfer Coordination
The US health care system relies on highly resourced tertiary and quaternary hospitals receiving patients from hospitals that are unable to provide these levels of specialty care. These latter hospitals, often in sparsely populated rural areas or underresourced urban areas, are typically not equipped to provide the consultative, procedural, and surgical expertise found in larger systems.
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