Who ’s being left behind? uninsured emergency general surgery admissions after the aca

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased Medicaid coverage of Emergency General Surgery (EGS). We hypothesized that despite the ACA, racial and geographic disparities persisted for EGS admissions.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - October 7, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Paul T. Albini, Megan R. Cochran-Yu, Laura N. Godat, Todd W. Costantini, Jay J. Doucet Source Type: research