403 preventable emergency hospital admissions. 41 A research brief by Havercamp and
colleagues amplifies these findings by discovering that people with developmental …

In a world burdened by record-breaking debt and government budget deficits, the high and
rising level of costs for health care are attracting increasing attention and concern, even in …

Preventable emergency department visits and hospitalizations account for only a small
portion of spending on high-cost Medicare patients, and strategies to control costs for these …

In 2006 I recommended people use what was then the just-published ranking of the most
valuable clinical preventive services to inform decision making with the aim of improving …

It is by now a platitude to describe the US health care safety net as a system in crisis. The
number of uninsured people is once again growing, a predictable response to higher health …

Context: Previous research found the influence of multiple factors on preventable
hospitalizations varied by geographic location, particularly the Appalachian and Mississippi …

Another essay reflects on dramatic events initiated by a physician's denial and fortune in
surviving a near death experience of a heart attack. 24 This issue's Innovation in Primary …

Current models for reimbursement for healthcare in the United States (US) are a patchwork
quilt, with some regions remaining largely in the fee-for-service paradigm whereas others …

Every second of every day in America, an older adult falls, and every 20 minutes an older
adult dies from a fall. 1 To put this into perspective, in 2014, there were 29 million falls, 7 …

A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was developed to empower people about falls and
fall prevention. A MOOC is a free, open-access educational resource available to anyone in …