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Death By Managed Care—Denial of Hospitalization for Headache
Author(s) -
Young William B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3901051.x
Subject(s) - denial , medicine , psychiatry , detoxification (alternative medicine) , migraine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , pathology
A 47‐year‐old man with a severe headache disorder, taking meperidine injections 8 to 12 times a day and approximately 6 butalbital‐containing tablets per day, was denied hospitalization for the management of headache and died while awaiting evaluation for detoxification by a psychiatric facility. The criteria for hospitalization and the implications of the denial of care by insurance companies are explored. The biases against the publication of such cases are reviewed.