|
This
report analyzes healthcare in Hays, Travis, and Williamson
counties based on 2003 Emergency Department (ED) information
obtained from the Indigent Care Collaboration (ICC) and local
demographic information. An overview of the spatial and temporal
patterns of ED use, combined with demographic analysis of
the population provides the basis for recommendations. The
report will concentrate on five specific areas: Service areas
for existing EDs, population growth, emergency department
utilization, distribution of wealth compared to the uninsured
population, and variances in efficiency of travel to EDs.
The final recommendations of the report will include methods
to reduce ED overcrowding including both augmentation of existing
facilities and construction of new facilities, an analysis
of current trends towards reducing overcrowding, correlations
between uninsured population and income, an overview of uninsured
hospitalization, and a general discussion on population change
in the central Texas region. |
|
|
