Availability of Insurance Linkage Programs in U.S. Emergency Departments
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Kanak, Mia; Delgado, M. Kit; Camargo, Jr., Carlos A.; Wang, N. Ewen
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Introduction: As millions of uninsured citizens who use emergency department (ED) services are now eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the ED is ideally situated to facilitate linkage to insurance. Forty percent of U.S. EDs report having an insurance linkage program. This is the first national study to examine the characteristics of EDs that offer or do not offer these programs.
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Date of Publication
2014
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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15/4
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Kanak, Mia; Delgado, M. Kit; Camargo, Jr., Carlos A.; Wang, N. Ewen