Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages A26-A32 , August 2009

How Universal Coverage Could Change Emergency Medicine, and Vice Versa

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, 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. The author has stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00614-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages A26-A32 , August 2009