“What Do People Do If They Don't Have Insurance?”: ED‐to‐ED Referrals

Abstract

The majority of patients presenting to a public hospital ED after treatment for the same complaint in another local ED were indirectly referred to the public ED without transferring paperwork or records, incurring duplicate testing and patient anxiety.

Measuring Emergency Care Survival: The Implications of Risk Adjusting for Race and Poverty

“…Prior studies have shown that privately insured patients, even with severe injuries, are less likely to be transferred out of non-trauma center hospitals than uninsured or Medicaid patients. 76,77,78,79,80,81 Consequently, unintended consequences associated with either adjusting or not adjusting for sociodemographics need to be carefully considered. 82…”