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Variation in Pediatric Critical Illness Experience Across Emergency Departments: Implications for Care and Transport

By MedXY 07/07/2026

This study reveals that most emergency departments rarely encounter critically ill children, and only a minority of these cases could be redirected to high-volume centers, challenging the feasibility of universal direct transport policies for pediatric critical care.

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Longer Travel Time to Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Lower Mortality—Is Centralization the Explanation?

By MedXY 12/09/2025

A large registry study found that men with prostate cancer who traveled ≥30 minutes to their treating facility had modestly lower all-cause and prostate cancer–specific mortality than those traveling <30 minutes, raising questions about care centralization, case mix, and access barriers.

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Evaluating the MISSION Act: Implications for Cardiovascular Procedure Outcomes in U.S. Veterans

By MedXY 08/02/2025

The MISSION Act reduced travel times to cardiac procedures for veterans distant from VA centers but was linked to higher short-term adverse cardiovascular events for PCI and CABG, highlighting complex trade-offs in access and care quality.