Uncompensated emergency care in hospital markets in Los Angeles County

G.A. Melnick, J. Mann and I. Golan

American Journal of Public Health, 1989, vol. 79, issue 4, 514-516

Abstract: A survey of hospital emergency rooms in Los Angeles County was conducted in March 1987. Analysis of the distribution of uninsured emergency care patients revealed that private hospitals play a significant frontline role in terms of entry into the hospital system for patients who are unable to pay - almost one-half of such patients were treated in the emergency rooms of private hospitals. Hospitals serving markets in which a higher proportion of residents had incomes below the poverty level provided a greater share of uncompensated emergency room services.

Date: 1989
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