Uninsured adults presenting to US emergency departments assumptions vs data

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1914-1924

  Newton, Manya F ^a,b,c,d,f   Keirns, Carla C ^a,e   Cunningham, Rebecca ^b,c,d   Hayward, Rodney A ^a,d,e   Stanley, Rachel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e VA Ann Arbor Health System   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349091094     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.16.1914     Document Type: Article

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