Department Blog

Posted 9/30/2024 by Eileen O'Brien

When patients from distant rural counties are transferred to a CCRU

Associate Professors Quincy Tran, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Haase, MD, and Assistant Professor Jessica Downing, MD, are among the authors of “The Impact of the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit on Quaternary Care Accessibility for Rural Patients: A Comparative Analysis,” published August 22 in Critical Care Research and Practice. The study found that “patients transferred from rural counties to the CCRU faced greater transport distances, but they received the same level of care upon arrival at the CCRU and had the same odds of in-hospital mortality as patients transferred from urban hospitals.”