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Initiative 1000 (I-1000) of 2008 established the U.S. state of Washington's Death with Dignity Act (RCW 70.245 [2]), which legalizes medical aid in dying with certain restrictions. Passage of this initiative made Washington the second U.S. state to permit some terminally ill patients to determine the time
CONs have been criticized for granting monopoly privileges to existing hospitals and healthcare facilities, thereby driving down the number of hospitals and hospital beds in a community. One study found that CON laws resulted in 50% fewer hospitals per 100,000 persons, and 12% fewer beds at the typical hospital.
Health departments in Oregon, [98] Washington D.C, [99] and Washington State [100] publicly report yearly on the use of assisted death; as required in their respective statutes. A documentary was produced in 2011 called How to Die in Oregon which follows a woman who uses assisted death and interviews her family and interviews opponents of the law.
State law already requires Washington hospitals to provide emergency health care to all patients based on nationally recognized standards of care, including emergency abortion care.
Understaffing and the lack of ability to transfer some patients have continued to put squeeze on hospitals, officials say. WA state hospitals remain over capacity, and it’s not just the fault of ...
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General inpatient care is an intensive level of care which may be provided in a nursing home, a specially contracted hospice bed or unit in a hospital, or in a free-standing hospice unit. [65] General inpatient criterion is for patients who are experiencing severe symptoms which require daily interventions from the hospice team to manage. [60]
Northern State Hospital [24] Skagit: Sedro Woolley: 2000 1912 1973 [24] State mental health facility Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care: Burien: King: 31: 2019 [25] Located within Highline Medical Center Saint Cabrini Hospital [26] King: Seattle: 1916 1990 [26] Was located at southwest corner of Boren and Madison Waldo Hospital ...