Open AccessExamining EMTALA in the era of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act
Author(s) -
Ryan M. McKenna,
Jonathan Purtle,
Katherine Nelson,
Dylan H. Roby,
Marsha Regenstein,
Alexander N. Ortega
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2018.4.366
Subject(s) - human settlement , settlement (finance) , descriptive statistics , mandate , payment , health care , business , reform act , medicine , geography , environmental health , finance , economic growth , economics , law , political science , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
Little is known regarding the characteristics of hospitals that violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This study addresses this gap by examining EMTALA settlements from violating hospitals and places these descriptive results within the current debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).