Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115.e1 , August 2008

Are the Uninsured Responsible for the Increase in Emergency Department Visits in the United States?

Presented as an abstract at the Fourth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, September 2007, Sorrento, Italy.

  • Ellen J. Weber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Ellen J. Weber, MD, Emergency Department, Box 0208, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0208; 415-353-1109, fax 415-353-1799
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  • Jonathan A. Showstack, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Kelly A. Hunt, MPP

      Affiliations

    • New York State Health Foundation, New York, NY
    • ,
  • David C. Colby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.
    • ,
  • Barbara Grimes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Peter Bacchetti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Michael L. Callaham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 1 October 2007 ,Revised 4 January 2008 ,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Statistical analysis was supported by an intramural grant from UCSF's Academic Senate.

 Author contributions: EJW, JAS, KAH, DCC, and MLC conceived the study, determined the theoretical model, and interpreted the results. EJW, JAS, and KAH designed the analyses. JAS, KAH, BG, and PB provided statistical consultation. KAH and BG programmed the data. EJW drafted the article, with contributions from all authors. All authors contributed substantially to revisions of the draft article. EJW takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Dr. Callaham has recused himself from the editorial review of this article.

 Publication dates: Available online April 14, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00365-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.327

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115.e1 , August 2008

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