Open AccessRates of Insurance for Injured Patients Before and After Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: A Possible Case of Double Jeopardy
Author(s) -
Heena P. Santry,
Courtney Collins,
Jason T. Wiseman,
Charles M. Psoinos,
Julie Flahive,
Catarina I. Kiefe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301711
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , socioeconomic status , health care , population , trauma center , occupational safety and health , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , poison control , odds , demography , suicide prevention , emergency medicine , logistic regression , gerontology , environmental health , retrospective cohort study , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth , physics , optics
We determined how preinjury insurance status and injury-related outcomes among able-bodied, community-dwelling adults treated at a Level I Trauma Center in central Massachusetts changed after health care reform.