How often do catastrophic injury victims become medicaid recipients?

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 513-519

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted R ^a   Coben, Jeffrey ^b   Steiner, Claudia ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Hospital; Injury; Long term care; Medicaid conversion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DISABLED PERSON; EMERGENCY CARE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIMB INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862069952     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a686     Document Type: Article

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