Changes in insurance status and emergency department visits after the 2008 economic downturn

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-80

  Watts, Susan H ^a   David Bryan, E ^a   Tarwater, Patrick M ^a  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INSURANCE; MALE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920854863     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12553     Document Type: Article

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