Independent freestanding emergency departments and implications for the rural emergency physician workforce in Texas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Independent freestanding emergency departments (IFEDs) have proliferated over the last decade, largely in Texas. We examined the IFED physician workforce composition and changes in emergency physician workforce supply across states and in rural Texas over the period of IFED proliferation following a 2009 legislation allowing the licensing of these sites.

Data sources

IFED websites, Texas Medical Board lookup tool, National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Provider Enrollment and Chain/Ownership System (PECOS), Medicare Physician Shared Patient Patterns, CareSet DocGraph Hop Teaming, Healthcare Provider Database.

Study design

Descriptive analysis of the IFED physician workforce; quasi-experimental difference-in-difference analysis of Texas emergenc

SUBMITTER: Luo Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704476 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature