Zip codes matter when the county closes the OB and ICU units of Santa Paula Hospital leaving a system of emergency care for the haves and the have-nots. Data tells us it will likely be a Latina ...

Hospital codes refer to emergency situations, but these codes are different for each hospital. For example, “code blue” may refer to a life threatening medical emergency. Other codes refer to ...

especially in the context of rural hospital closures, researchers said. While policymakers have historically used ZIP codes to assess the effect of closures, this metric doesn’t reflect the ...