The association between insurance status and diagnostic imaging for acute abdominal pain among emergency department patients in the United States, 2005-2014.

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Patients on Medicaid are significantly less likely to receive a CT when presenting to the ED with AAP. Differences in diagnostic care may correlate to inferior health outcomes in patients without private insurance. PMID: 30799637 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research