The effect of emergency department copayments for medicaid beneficiaries following the deficit reduction Act of 2005

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 393-398

  Siddiqui, Mona ^a,b   Roberts, Eric T ^c   Pollack, Craig E ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b White House   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPAYMENT; DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RECIPIENT; SELF REPORT; TREND STUDY; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COST SHARING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924046460     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7582     Document Type: Article

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