Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
TrendWatch Issue February 2007: Coverage Counts: Supporting Health and Opportunity for Children \(ppt\)
One in four Americans experiences a mental illness or substance abuse disorder each year. Behavioral health conditions – encompassing both of the above – are the leading cause of disability and death, when considered together, for women and the second highest cause for men.Mental illnesses are…
Few issues are more important to our field today than hospitals' ability to assess and report the full range and value of benefits they deliver to their communities. Numerous state and local jurisdictions require such reporting and the requirements differ in many instances.
Full-service hospitals are vital to meeting the health care needs of the communities they serve by providing a wide range of acute care and diagnostic services, supporting public health needs, and offering a myriad of other community services to promote the health and well being of the community.
TrendWatch issue from July 2006: ")The Migration of Care to Non-Hospital Settings: Have Regulatory Structures Kept Pace with Changes in Care Delivery?")
A growing number of increasingly complex procedures are moving from the inpatient to the outpatient environment, and out of hospital settings into physicians’ offices and free-standing ambulatory surgery or diagnostic facilities. This edition of TrendWatch explores the impact these trends have on…
Pressure to reduce the federal deficit, and rising Medicaid expenditures, have made Medicaid a target for federal spending cuts. Enrollment in Medicaid continues to rise, surpassing Medicare in 1999, with the bulk of the dollars going to nursing home and hospital care, and to the elderly and…
This issue of TrendWatch provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program, a discussion of the current proposals for Medicaid reform and spending cuts, and an appraisal of their potential implications for states, providers and the health care safety net.
The role hospitals play in providing health care is widely understood, but fewer are aware of the important role of hospitals in the U.S. economy. Nationwide, hospitals employ nearly 5 million people. Hospitals rank second as a source of private sector jobs.
The model described in this white paper represents IHI's best current assessment of the components fot he safest and most reliable system of perinatal care.