The Effects of Access to Pediatric Care and Insurance Coverage on Emergency Department Utilization

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 483-487

  Johnson, William G ^a   Rimsza, Mary E ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Emergency care; Health insurance; Uninsured children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 1442299317     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.3.483     Document Type: Article

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