The TennCare disenrollment of 2005 was associated with a modest decrease in the number of total ED visits in Tennessee. However, the payer mix among the Tennessee ED population shifted abruptly.
The increased rate of ED visits by Tennessee's uninsured and the increased proportion of uninsured ED visits leading to hospital admission suggest an increased burden of illness in this highly vulnerable population.
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Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. benjamin.heavrin [at] vanderbilt.edu
Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;18(11):1121-8
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