Community characteristics affecting emergency department use by medicaid enrollees

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Lowe, Robert A ^a,b,c   Fu, Rongwei ^a,b   Ong, Emerson T ^b   McGinnis, Paul B ^b   Fagnan, Lyle J ^b   Vuckovic, Nancy ^d   Gallia, Charles ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Division of Medical Assistance Programs State of Oregon   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Administrative data; Emergency medicine; Primary care; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449108827     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181844e1c     Document Type: Article

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