Recent debate over the Obama administration?s healthcare law has brought issues of emergency room use to the forefront. Now research from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has compared use of emergency services among the newly insured, the newly uninsured, and the continuously insured and uninsured. The study analyzed 159,934 adult respondents to the 2004 through 2009 National Health Interview Survey. Overall, the percentage of individuals that had at least one emergency department visit during the analyzed time period was about the same for people with insurance and for those without. Among both groups, roughly 20 percent used their hospital?s emergency room during that time period. But, among the newly insured, that percentage rose to 29.5 percent. And, among people who recently lost their healthcare coverage, the percentage increased to 25.7 percent. The study highlights the fact that emergency department usage rises along with recent changes to healthcare status. More here.
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