Over 18 months, 100 patients with COPD who were at risk of requiring acute care within the next six months were enrolled in the pilot study. Almost all (96%) remained in the study for the six ...

For the study, published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed health care data for more than 22.4 million urgent care visits that occurred between 2018 and 2022.

In tandem, the study found a decline in the number of patient visits coded at lower intensity. For urgent care, the share of visits coded at level one decreased from 9.5% to 2.9% by 2023.

Updated 5:53 p.m. June 10, 2025: This article was updated to correct that Senate Bill 45 directs the Colorado School of Public Health to study the feasibility of a single-payer health care system.

Participation by carriers in a long-term care insurance feasibility study is “not what we hoped for,” said Kate Eubank of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute.