Ill, itinerant, and insured: The top 20 users of emergency Departments in Baltimore City

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dipietro, Barbara Y ^a   Kindermann, Dana ^b   Schenkel, Stephen M ^c  

^a Health Care for the Homeless ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LIMB PAIN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NAUSEA; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VOMITING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BALTIMORE; DRUG USERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861091453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/726568     Document Type: Review

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