California is struggling to provide adequate emergency care,according to a report card released by the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Sacramento Business Journal reports (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 1/16).
Details of Report Card
The state-by-state report card was based on 136 measures in five categories:
- Access to emergency care, which accounted for 30% of the overall grade;
- Quality and patient safety, which accounted for 20%;
- Medical liability environment, which accounted for 20%;
- Public health and injury prevention, which accounted for 15%; and
- Disaster preparedness, which accounted for 15%.
The U.S. scored an overall grade of D+ for 2014, down from C- in 2009 (ACEP release, 1/16). Read more here.
