Uninsured patients get less ED imaging
Compared with emergency department (ED) patients with insurance, uninsured ED patients are less likely to get any imaging services, according to research published this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
On average, those in the U.S. without health insurance receive fewer healthcare services than those with insurance, and the specific types of services for which the uninsured face access and utilization deficits are not well understood. James Moser, PhD, of Econometrica, and colleague Dr. Kimberly Applegate, of Emory University School of Medicine, described the use of imaging tests in hospital emergency departments by nonelderly patients, comparing uninsured, Medicaid, and non-Medicaid insured individuals (JACR, January 2012, Vol. 9:1, pp. 50-57).
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