Emergency departments, medicaid costs, and access to primary care - Understanding the link

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2141-2143

  Kellermann, Arthur L ^a   Weinick, Robin M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84861910358     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1203247     Document Type: Article

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