Impact of policy changes on emergency department use by medicaid enrollees in oregon

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 619-627

  Lowe, Robert A ^a,b,c,d   Fu, Rongwei ^a,b   Gallia, Charles A ^e  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Emergency Medicine Network EMNet   (United States)

^e Oregon Department of State Lands   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; administrative data; emergency medicine; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST SHARING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954087417     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbddb1     Document Type: Article

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