Emergency department use and perceived delay in accessing illness care among children with Medicaid

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-513

  Galbraith, Alison A ^a,d   Semura, Jeanne ^b   McAninch Dake, Becky ^b   Anderson, Nancy ^b   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Medical Assistance Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Child health services; Emergency department; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10044280338     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-008R.1     Document Type: Article

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