Insurance coverage of emergency care for young adults under health reform

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2105-2112

  Mulcahy, Andrew ^a   Harris, Katherine ^a   Finegold, Kenneth ^b   Kellermann, Arthur ^a   Edelman, Laurel ^c   Sommers, Benjamin D ^b,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84878367972     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1212779     Document Type: Article

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