Insurance status and the care of adult patients 19 to 64 years of age visiting the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 808-815

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Stack, Anne M ^a   Chiang, Vincent ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863987010     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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