Increased use of the emergency department after health care reform in Massachusetts

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Smulowitz, Peter B ^a   O'Malley, James ^b   Yang, Xiaowen ^d   Landon, Bruce E ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

EID: 84905036300     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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