Characteristics of occasional and frequent emergency department users do insurance coverage and access to care matter?

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-182

  Zuckerman, Stephen ^a,b   Shen, Yu Chu ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Emergency department; Insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; RACE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442352857     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000108747.51198.41     Document Type: Article

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