 Studies of the issue have indicated mixed results from the United States' policy interventions and have proposed varying ideas to remedy the problem.The term "patient dumping" was first mentioned in several New York Times articles published in the late 1870s, which described the practice of private New York hospitals transporting poor and sickly patients by horse drawn ambulance to Bellevue Hospital, the city's preeminent public facility.The jarring ride and lack of stabilized care typically resulted in death of the patient and outrage of the public.