Impact of patient-centered medical home assignment on emergency room visits among uninsured patients in a county health system

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-430

  Roby, Dylan H ^a   Pourat, Nadereh ^a   Pirritano, Matthew J ^b   Vrungos, Shelley M ^b   Dajee, Himmet ^b   Castillo, Dan ^b   Kominski, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

medical home; patient centered; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77954941102     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710368682     Document Type: Article

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