Effect of a Copayment on Use of the Emergency Department in a Health Maintenance Organization
Authors:
- Bruce H. FiremanBFBruce H. Fireman
- Bix E. SwainBSBix E. Swain
Open Access
- 7 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (10) , 635-642
Abstract
Use of the emergency department for nonemergency care is frequent and costly. We studied the effect of a copayment on emergency department use in a group-model health maintenance organization (HMO).Keywords
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