Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 261-269 , August 2009

Access to Emergency Care in the United States

  • Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, 932 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021; 215-573-3976, fax 215-573-2265
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  • Charles C. Branas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Ashley F. Sullivan, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr., MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 30 July 2008 ,Revised 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 24 November 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: BGC, CCB, JPM, and CAC conceived of and designed the study. BGC, AFS, and CAC obtained the data. BGC drafted the article. All the authors interpreted the data, revised the article, and contributed substantively to the work. BGC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 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. The study was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Library of Medicine (R21LM008700).

 Publication date: Available online February 3, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02023-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.016

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 261-269 , August 2009

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