Emergency Department Access During COVID-19: Disparities in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity, Insurance, and Income
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منابع مشابه
The effects of access to pediatric care and insurance coverage on emergency department utilization.
OBJECTIVE To compare children who used the emergency department (ED) in a rural, border community with those who did not over a 1-year period to estimate the effects of access to pediatric care, insurance coverage, ethnicity, gender, age, and area of residence on ED utilization. DESIGN Multivariate logit models are used to estimate the independent influence of demographic characteristics, ins...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1936-900X
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.1.49279