The Association Between Hospital Characteristics and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Citation Events

Conclusions: For-profit ownership is associated with increased odds of EMTALA citations after adjusting for other characteristics. Efforts to improve EMTALA might be considered to protect access to emergency care for vulnerable populations, particularly at large, urban, for-profit hospitals admitting high proportions of Medicaid patients.
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