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Emergency Room Visits Decrease for Newly Insured

1/30/2014

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By David Gorn, California Healthline Capital Desk, January 30, 2014

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research yesterday released a study that lends credence to one of the primary contentions of health care reform -- providing health care coverage can reduce expensive emergency department use.

"Once you provide coverage to a population and provide preventive services, particularly for chronic conditions, you can expect a decline in emergency room visits over time," said Nadereh Pourat, the center's director of research and lead author of the study. Read more...

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