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Policy Playbook: Labor Actions and Unionization in Healthcare

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One study from the National Bureau of Economic Research on nursing strikes in New York State from 1984 to 2004 found that hospital mortality increased by 19.4% for patients admitted during the strike. 5 Quality : Results on quality impacts are mixed. and readmissions increased by 6.5% What can I do about it? 2015 Nov 25;351.

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

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The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. We do not fund rural fire departments solely based on the number of fires they respond to per year, and we should not pay rural emergency physicians based solely on the number of patients they see.