An evaluation of statewide emergency department utilization following Tennessee medicaid disenrollment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1121-1128

  Heavrin, Benjamin S ^a,b   Fu, Rongwei ^c   Han, Jin H ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Lowe, Robert A ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755174163     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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