Imaging and insurance: Do the uninsured get less imaging in emergency departments?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-57

  Moser, James W ^a   Applegate, Kimberly E ^b  

^a Econometrica   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; Health economics; imaging services; outpatient care; uninsured; utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84926231619     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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