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Illinois Hospital Association's Behavioral Health Steering Committee Best Practices Task Force's Final Report: Best Practices for the Treatment of Patients with Mental and Substance Use Illnesses in the Emergency Department \(Updated October 2007\)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Releases Shocking Report on Seclusion & Restraint in U.S.
Specialty Treatment ProgramsAddiction ServicesSAMHSA's Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Trauma Patients: Committee on Trauma Quick
Holmes v. Bryan amicus brief
Your Home Visiting Nurse Services v. Shalala: Supreme Court
Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake amicus brief
Limiting Access to Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation: A Look at Payment Denials for Medicare Patients Treated in Inpatient Rehabilitation FacilitiesA study from United BioSource Corporation and the American Hospital Association
Coalition Advocacy Paper: Protect Patient Access to Long Term Hospital Care: Support Legislation to Provide Regulatory Stability
This article argues that policy actions must focus on income security, education, housing, food security and the environment to improve population health.