Effect of medicaid coverage on ED Use - Further evidence from Oregon's experiment

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1505-1507

  Finkelstein, Amy N ^a,b,c,d   Taubman, Sarah L ^d   Allen, Heidi L ^f   Wright, Bill J ^g   Baicker, Katherine ^b,d,e  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J PAL)   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g Providence Health and Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; OREGON; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; OREGON; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992083460     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1609533     Document Type: Review

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