The effect of health insurance on emergency department visits: Evidence from an age-based eligibility threshold

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-195

  Anderson, Michael L ^a,d   Dobkin, Carlos ^b,d   Gross, Tal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84896339728     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00378     Document Type: Article

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