Exploring Health Insurance Status and Emergency Department Utilization

• Main Authors: Parul Agarwal (Author), Thomas K. Bias (Author), Emily Vasile (Author), Louise Moore (Author), Stephen Davis (Author), Danielle Davidov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Emergency department (ED) use, by both insured and uninsured, leads to significant health care costs in the United States. While frequent ED use is often attributed to the uninsured, there is some evidence that insured populations also report utilizing the ED when otherwise preventable or nonurgent....