Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 2002-15: Review of Office of Inspector General patient dumping settlements

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-251

  Zuabi, Nadia ^a   Weiss, Larry D ^b   Langdorf, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; DUMPING; FRAUD; FUNDING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INSPECTOR; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PUNISHMENT; SCREENING; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREJUDICE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84973349043     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.3.29705     Document Type: Article

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