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Review
. 1989 Spring;14(2):63-71.
doi: 10.1097/00004010-198901420-00008.

Gatekeeping the emergency department: impact of a Medicaid primary care case management program

R E Hurley  1 , D A Freund, D E Taylor
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Gatekeeping the emergency department: impact of a Medicaid primary care case management program

R E Hurley et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 1989 Spring.

Abstract

This article presents the impact of a primary care case management program on reducing the use of the emergency department (ED) as a source of nonemergency care. Medicaid-eligible persons enrolled with one of four different types of case managers. The emergency department use of enrollees is contrasted with that of persons remaining in traditional Medicaid.

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