SynthesisBMC health services research2021
Defining safety net hospitals in the health services research literature: a systematic review and critical appraisal.
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- Understanding the hospital safety net Hospital resource limitations impact prostate cancer treatment beyond socioeconomic disparities.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2025Article
- Variation, Overlap, and Stability in Defining Safety Net Hospitals.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Timing of initiation of therapeutic hypothermia in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy born at a high-volume urban safety net hospital.Early human development · 2025Article
- Barriers to recruitment of an observational SARS-CoV-2 emergency department cohort at Boston Medical Center.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Opportunities in stroke care at safety net hospitals: A socioecological perspective.Equity neuroscience · 2025Article
- Inter- and Intrahospital Price Variation for Common Cardiovascular Admission Diagnoses, Diagnostic Tests, and Therapeutic Procedures.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Contribution margins and utilization of transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in the Medicare population.American heart journal · 2025Article
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- The role of routine and structured social needs data collection in improving care in US hospitals.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
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- The role of neighborhood on preterm birth among a high-risk group of birthing people in Boston, MA.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Patient Experiences Completing Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Behavioral Health Within a Health Safety-Net Setting.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to identify the range of ways that safety net hospitals (SNHs) have been empirically operationalized in the literature and determine the extent to which patterns could be identified in the use of empirical definitions of SNHs.
methodsWe conducted a PRISMA guided systematic review of studies published between 2009 and 2018 and analyzed 22 articles that met the inclusion criteria of hospital-level analyses with a clear SNH definition.
resultsEleven unique SNH definitions were identified, and there were no obvious patterns in the use of a definition category (Medicaid caseload, DSH payment status, uncompensated care, facility characteristics, patient care mix) by the journal type where the article appeared, dataset used, or the year of publication.
conclusionsOverall, there is broad variability in the conceptualization of, and variables used to define, SNHs. Our work advances the field toward the development of standards in measuring, operationalizing, and conceptualizing SNHs across research and policy questions.
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