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![](images/g_link.gif) | Cost of ER Visits No Emergency | | Oct. 22, 2012 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Patient Safety | | Feb. 10, 2012 | ![An in-depth report on a political or social issue.](/xsite/images/icon_res.gif) | CQ Researcher |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Teamwork: A New Concept in Health | | Dec. 12, 2011 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Gay Couples Win Visitations | | Nov. 29, 2010 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Doctor-Owned Hospitals Seek a General Exception | | May 11, 2009 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Uncompensated Care | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Transparency | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Tertiary Care | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Safety Net Facilities | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Prudent Layperson | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Patient "Dumping" | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospitalist | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Insurance (HI) | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospice | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hill-Burton Act | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments (Medicare and Medicaid) | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Community Health Centers | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Boren Amendment | | 2008 | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Specialty Hospitals Under the Knife | | Feb. 26, 2007 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Law Establishes Medical Error Database | | 2005 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Community and Rural Health Programs, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology | | 2001 - 2002 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Rotella v. Wood: Brief Summary | | Feb. 23, 2000 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Report of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): "The External Review of Hospital Quality: Call for Greater Accountability" | | Jul. 20, 1999 | ![Full-text or excerpts of primary source material.](/xsite/images/icon_prime.gif) | Primary Source |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Thomas Jefferson University dba Thomas Jefferson Hospital v. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services: Brief Summary | | Jun. 24, 1994 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas: Brief Summary | | May 28, 1991 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | American Hospital Association v. National Labor Relations Board: Brief Summary | | Apr. 23, 1991 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: Income, Expenditures, and Balance, 19912014 (billions) | | 1991 - 2014 | ![Tables, graphs, and other statistical information.](/xsite/images/icon_facts.gif) | Facts & Figures |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Trends in Hospital Average Lengths of Stay, Case Mix, and Discharge Rates, 1980-85. Report of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment | | May 24, 1988 | ![Full-text or excerpts of primary source material.](/xsite/images/icon_prime.gif) | Primary Source |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Bethesda Hospital Association v. Bowen: Brief Summary | | Apr. 4, 1988 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Regional Trauma Centers, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology | | 1987 - 1988 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Medical Waste, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology | | 1987 - 1988 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care: Report of the Committee on Implications of For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine | | Jun. 5, 1986 | ![Full-text or excerpts of primary source material.](/xsite/images/icon_prime.gif) | Primary Source |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Means Test on Vets' Care, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology | | 1985 - 1986 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde: Brief Summary | | Mar. 27, 1984 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Health Planning System, 1982 Legislative Chronology | | 1982 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Public Health Service (PHS) Hospital Funding, 1981 Legislative Chronology | | 1981 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Health Planning System, 1981 Legislative Chronology | | 1981 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Cost Control, 1979 Legislative Chronology | | 1979 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board: Brief Summary | | Jun. 22, 1978 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Cost Control, 1978 Legislative Chronology | | 1978 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Poelker v. Doe: Brief Summary | | Jun. 20, 1977 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | National Health Planning Guidelines, 1977 Legislative Chronology | | 1977 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Cost Control, 1977 Legislative Chronology | | 1977 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization: Brief Summary | | Jun. 1, 1976 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital: Brief Summary | | May 24, 1976 | ![Summary and analysis of major Supreme Court decisions.](/xsite/images/icon_case.gif) | Case Summary |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights | | Jan. 8, 1973 | ![Full-text or excerpts of primary source material.](/xsite/images/icon_prime.gif) | Primary Source |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Emergency Care, Public Health Service (PHS) Hospitals, 1973 Legislative Chronology | | 1973 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | General Accounting Office Report to Congress on Health Facilities Construction Costs | | Nov. 20, 1972 | ![Full-text or excerpts of primary source material.](/xsite/images/icon_prime.gif) | Primary Source |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Nonprofit Hospital Employees, 1972 Legislative Chronology | | 1972 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Program, 1970 Legislative Chronology | | 1970 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Modernization, 1967 Legislative Chronology | | 1967 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Modernization, 1966 Legislative Chronology | | 1966 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Hospital Closings, 1965 Legislative Chronology | | 1965 | ![Reporting and analysis of legislation.](/xsite/images/icon_leghist.gif) | Legislative Analysis |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Table 10-5 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: Income, Expenditures, and Balance, 19912020 (billions) | | | ![Tables, graphs, and other statistical information.](/xsite/images/icon_facts.gif) | Facts & Figures |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Swing Bed | | | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |
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![](images/g_link.gif) | Outpatient Services | | | ![General summary of issues, concepts, processes, events, and historical figures.](/xsite/images/icon_encyc.gif) | Encyclopedia Entry |