Impact of Medicaid Cutbacks on Emergency Department Use: The Oregon Experience

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Lowe, Robert A ^a,b,c   McConnell, K John ^a,b   Vogt, Molly E ^a   Smith, Jeanene A ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Oregon Health Policy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; METHADONE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 56249084930     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.335     Document Type: Article

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