Who uses hospital emergency rooms? Evidence from Houston/Harris County Texas

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 606-616

  Begley, Charles E ^a   Behan, Pamela ^b   Seo, Munseok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Veterans Affairs ^*

Author keywords

ER use; Indigent care; Primary care; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952900018     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0312     Document Type: Article

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