Minding the gap: A decomposition of emergency department use by medicaid enrollees and the uninsured

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1099-1107

  Mortensen, Karoline ^a   Song, Paula H ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Emergency department use; Medicaid; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 53449093631     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318185c92d     Document Type: Article

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