TY  - JOUR
T1  - UNinsured patients and emergency department use in the united states
AU  - Prasad S, Klingner J
Y1  - 2009/03/18
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.274
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1124
EP  - 1125
VL  - 301
IS  - 11
N2  - 
To the Editor: In their article on uninsured adults presenting to US emergency departments (EDs), Dr Newton and colleagues1 discussed some of the assumptions regarding uninsured patients and ED use. One additional issue in ED use is a patient's identification of a usual source of care or a patient's identification with a clinician. This has been shown to have direct effects on use.2 It would therefore be interesting to know if the EDs were identified as a primary, usual source of care. Studies have also shown that prior contact with a health care system rather than current need of care was a key predictor of use.3

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.274
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.274
ER  -