The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Jan 2020
The impact of Medicaid expansion on trauma-related emergency department utilization: A national evaluation of policy implications.
The impact of the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) upon national trauma-related emergency department (ED) utilization is unknown. We assessed ACA-related changes in ED use and payer mix, hypothesizing that post-ACA ED visits would decline and Medicaid coverage would increase disproportionately in regions of widespread policy adoption. ⋯ Economic, level III.