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Insurance Expansion and Hospital Emergency Department Access: Evidence From the Affordable Care Act.


AUTHORS

Garthwaite C , Gross T , Notowidigdo M , Graves JA , . Annals of internal medicine. 2016 12 20; ().
  • NIHMSID: 0372351

ABSTRACT

Little is known about whether insurance expansion affects the location and type of emergency department (ED) use. Understanding these changes can inform state-level decisions about the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).


Little is known about whether insurance expansion affects the location and type of emergency department (ED) use. Understanding these changes can inform state-level decisions about the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).


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