Emergency medicine and the debate over the uninsured: A report from the task force on health care and the uninsured

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-246

  Cetta, Michael G ^a   Asplin, Brent R ^b   Fields, W Wesley ^c   Yeh, Charlotte S ^d  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033821845     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2000.109911     Document Type: Article

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