Trends in emergency medicaid expenditures for recent and undocumented immigrants

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1085-1092

  DuBard, C Annette ^a,b,d   Massing, Mark W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947267455     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.10.1085     Document Type: Article

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