Hospitalizations for inflammatory bowel disease: Profile of the uninsured in the United States

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-733

  Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^a,b,e   Sam, Justina ^a   Murthy, Sanjay K ^a   Kaplan, Gilaad G ^c   Tinmouth, Jill M ^a   LaVeist, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Health insurance; Hospitalization; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650326858     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20825     Document Type: Article

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