Disputes over Coverage of Emergency Department Services: A Study of Two Health Maintenance Organizations

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Gresenz, Carole Roan ^a   Studdert, David M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL MUSCLE SPASM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; EAR INFECTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OTALGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; STANDARD;

EID: 0942301391     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00637-1     Document Type: Article

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