Insurance coverage and health care consumers' use of emergency departments: Has managed care made a difference?

Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Smith Speck, Sandra K ^a   Peyrot, Mark ^a   Hsiao, Chiao Wen ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Emergency departments; Health care costs; Insurance; Managed care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGED CARE; MARKETING; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844257655     PISSN: 15390942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J375v15n01_02     Document Type: Article

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