The Public Health Value of Hospitals/Comments

Simply put, the public health value-or risk-of hospitals is unknown. It is too late to invoke the precautionary principle in public policy decisions about the number and location of hospital beds, as hospitals have acquired a public policy and political life of their own. Butitisthe time to subjectt...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 110; no. 4; pp. 453 - 455
Main Authors Fine, Michael, Gabow, Patricia A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Public Health Association 01.04.2020
Subjects
Ambulatory care
Antibiotics
Departments
Emergency medical care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Infant mortality
Life expectancy
Medicare
Precautionary principle
Primary care
Principles
Public health
Public policy
Substance abuse treatment
Trauma
New York
United States > US
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Summary:Simply put, the public health value-or risk-of hospitals is unknown. It is too late to invoke the precautionary principle in public policy decisions about the number and location of hospital beds, as hospitals have acquired a public policy and political life of their own. Butitisthe time to subjectthe public health impact ofhospitals to the same scrutiny that has been used to assess and then champion the public health value ofprimary care.
ISSN:0090-0036
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305583