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I'm reading an article about Primary Care utilization versus ED use ["Association between primary care practice characteristics and ED use in medicaid managed care organization", Medical Care Vol 43, Number 8, August 2005] and I came across the following statement:
"Second, although poverty, minority status, and Medicaid coverage increase the probability that a patient who needs nonurgent care will select the ED, the majority of patients who use the EDs for "nonurgent" problems are middle- or upper-class, white, and covered by private insurance or Medicare."
Now I looked up the reference but could not find the article, but it was published in 1995 ["The use of hospital ED for nonurgent health problems: A national perspective." Medical Care Res Rev. 1995;52:453-474], which made me wonder when the effects of EMTALA started to be seen and if they would invalidate this statement.
Thoughts?
"Second, although poverty, minority status, and Medicaid coverage increase the probability that a patient who needs nonurgent care will select the ED, the majority of patients who use the EDs for "nonurgent" problems are middle- or upper-class, white, and covered by private insurance or Medicare."
Now I looked up the reference but could not find the article, but it was published in 1995 ["The use of hospital ED for nonurgent health problems: A national perspective." Medical Care Res Rev. 1995;52:453-474], which made me wonder when the effects of EMTALA started to be seen and if they would invalidate this statement.
Thoughts?