For many patients who use large amounts of health care services, the need is intense yet temporary

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1312-1319

  Johnson, Tracy L ^a,b   Rinehart, Deborah J ^a,b   Durfee, Josh ^a   Brewer, Daniel ^a   Batal, Holly ^a,b   Blum, Joshua ^a,b   Oronce, Carlos I ^a,c   Melinkovich, Paul ^c   Gabow, Patricia ^b  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN AREA; COLORADO; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84938677305     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1186     Document Type: Article

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