California: can this sinking ship be saved?
With the nation's highest rate of uninsured, strict new nurse staffing ratios and other pressures converging all at once, California's hospitals are "on life support" says C. Duane Dauner, president of the state hospital association. "The meltdown we've been warning about for several years is at hand."
Haugh
Richard
R
D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002140:California; D004190:Disasters; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000639:trends*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011203:Poverty; D012940:Social Problems