Peer-Reviewed Publications

Dark, C. Never Gets Easy. J Hosp Med. 2023 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13199. Online ahead of print.

Dark C. A Good Death. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jan;31(1):105-106.

Dark, C, Canellas, M, Mangira, C, Jouriles, N, Simon, EL. Estimates of throughput and utilization at freestanding compared to low-volume hospital-based emergency departments. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Nov 20;1(6):1297-1303.

Alexander AJ, Dark C. Freestanding Emergency Departments: What Is Their Role in Emergency Care? Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Sep;74(3):325-331.

Ranney, ML, Betz, ME, Dark, C. #ThisIsOurLane — Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway. N Engl J Med 2019; 380:405-407.

Shumway, JW, Ran, R, McClusky, J, Rafique, Z, Dark, C, Peacock, WF, Cintron, A, Ludwig, M. Impact of rescheduling hydrocodone-combination products in an urban Texas county healthcare system. J Opioid Manag. 2018 Jul/Aug;14(4):257-264. 

Dark C, Xu Y, Kao E. Comparative throughput at freestanding emergency departments versus hospital-based emergency departments: A pilot study. Am J Emerg Med. 2018; 36 (8): 1508-1509. 

Simon EL, Dark C, Kovacs M, Shakya S, Meek CA. Variation in hospital admission rates between a tertiary care and two freestanding emergency departments. Am J Emerg Med. 2018; 36 (6): 967-971.

Dayton JR, Dark CK, Cruzen ES, Simon EL. Acuity, treatment times, and patient experience in Freestanding Emergency Departments affiliated with academic institutions. Am J Emerg Med. 2018; 36 (1): 139-141.

Ho V, Metcalfe L, Dark C, Vu L, Weber E, Shelton G Jr, Underwood HR. Author’s Response to Critic’s Allegations. Ann Emerg Med. 2017; 70 (6): 865-867.

Ho V, Metcalfe L, Dark C, Vu L, Weber E, Shelton G Jr, Underwood HR. Comparing Utilization and Costs of Care in Freestanding Emergency Departments, Hospital Emergency Departments, and Urgent Care Centers. Ann Emerg Med. 2017; 70 (6): 846-857.

Dark C, Xu Y, Ho V. Freestanding Emergency Departments Preferentially Locate In Areas With Higher Household Income. Health Aff. 2017; 36(10): 1712-1719.

Dark CFreestanding emergency departments can help fill the gap in trauma care. Injury. 2017; 48(10): 2374.

Halmer, TC, Beall RC, Shah AA, Dark, C. Health policy considerations in treating mental and behavioral health emergencies in the United States. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2015; 33(4): 875-91.

Medford-Davis, LN, Eswaran, V, Shah, RM, Dark, C. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Effect on Emergency Medicine: A Synthesis of the Evidence. Ann Emerg Med. 2015; 66(5): 496-506.

Dark, C. and Matthews, K. A Randomized Trial of ‘Hospital at Home’. Health Affairs. 2012; 31(9): 2152.

Dark, CK and Ezenkwele, U. Access to care as a predictor of patients’ knowledge of cardiovascular diseases. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2007; 99(12):1338-46. 

Nelson, WA and Dark, CK. Evaluating claims of Conscience. Healthcare Executive. 2003; 18(2):54-55.