Emergency department utilization after the implementation of Massachusetts health reform

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Smulowitz, Peter B ^a   Lipton, Robert ^a   Wharam, J Frank ^a   Adelman, Leon ^a   Weiner, Scott G ^b   Burke, Laura ^a   Baugh, Christopher W ^c   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^c   Liu, Shan W ^d   McGrath, Meghan E ^e   Liu, Bella ^a   Sayah, Assaad ^f   Burke, Mary C ^g   Pope, J Hector ^h   Landon, Bruce E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054917146     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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