Tenncare disenrollment and avoidable hospital visits in Davidson County, Tennessee

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 425-445

  Emerson, Janice S ^a   Hull, Pamela C ^b   van Cain, A ^a   Novotny, Meggan ^a   Stanley, Rodney E ^a   Levine, Robert S ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive; Hospitals; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; TENNESSEE; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860431142     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0002     Document Type: Article

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