Open AccessEvaluating How Safety-Net Hospitals Are Identified: Systematic Review and Recommendations
Author(s) -
W. Ryan Powell,
Kellia J Hansmann,
J Andrew Carlson,
Amy Kind
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2021.0076
Subject(s) - systematic review , data extraction , disadvantage , safety net , identification (biology) , consistency (knowledge bases) , patient safety , medline , protocol (science) , medicine , computer science , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , health care , environmental health , alternative medicine , botany , pathology , artificial intelligence , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth
To systematically review how safety-net hospitals' status is identified and defined, discuss current definitions' limitations, and provide recommendations for a new classification and evaluation framework.