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Emergency Departments: Unevenly Affected by Growth and Change in Patient Use

HRD-93-4 Published: Jan 04, 1993. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 1993.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information about conditions that affected access to and use of hospital emergency departments (ED), focusing on: (1) changes in patients' use of ED; (2) the different sources of payments for ED services; and (3) ED timeliness in providing patient care.

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Disadvantaged personsEmergency medical servicesHealth care costsHealth insuranceHealth resources utilizationHealth services administrationHospital care servicesMedicaidMedical examinationsMedical expense claimsMedicarePublic assistance programsMedically uninsured