The association between insurance status and emergency department disposition of injured California children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined the relationship between insurance status and emergency department (ED) disposition of injured California children.

Methods

Multivariate regression models were built using data obtained from the 2005 through 2009 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) data sets for all ED visits by injured children younger than 19 years of age.

Results

Of 3,519,530 injury-related ED visits, 52% were insured by private, and 36% were insured by public insurance, while 11% of visits were not insured. After adjustment for injury characteristics and demographic variables, publicly insured children had a higher likelihood of admission for mild, moderate, and severe injuries compared to privately insured children (mild injury adj

SUBMITTER: Arroyo AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3443629 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature