2023
The Cost Shifting Economics of United States Emergency Department Professional Services (2016–2019)
Pines J, Zocchi M, Black B, Carr B, Celedon P, Janke A, Moghtaderi A, Oskvarek J, Venkatesh A, Venkat A, Group A. The Cost Shifting Economics of United States Emergency Department Professional Services (2016–2019). Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 637-646. PMID: 37330720, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCost AllocationEmergency Service, HospitalHumansInsurance, HealthMedicaidMedically UninsuredMedicareUnited StatesConceptsNationwide Emergency Department SampleED visitsCommercial insuranceUninsured ED visitsEmergency Department SampleHealth Care Cost InstituteUnreimbursed careED cliniciansMedicaid visitsPatientsInsurance sourceMedicare visitsVisitsMedicaidHealth insuranceLongstanding effectsMedicareCliniciansProfessional servicesInsurance
2022
Patient cost consciousness in the emergency department
Gaylor JM, Chan E, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh A. Patient cost consciousness in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 61: 61-63. PMID: 36054987, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.08.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsConsciousnessEmergency Service, HospitalFees and ChargesHumansMedically UninsuredMedicareUnited StatesConceptsEmergency departmentPocket costsED patientsLarge academic hospital systemAcademic hospital systemCertain patient demographicsEmergency department settingPerceptions of patientsCost of careMedicare/MedicaidPatient demographicsED careUnscheduled careUninsured patientsDepartment settingPatients' estimatesPatient's abilityEmergency careHigh school educationPatientsPrivate insuranceFinal analysisHospital systemCareConvenience sample
2020
Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department
Janke AT, Danagoulian S, Venkatesh AK, Levy PD. Medicaid expansion and resource utilization in the emergency department. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 38: 2586-2590. PMID: 31982222, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChest PainComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyDiagnostic Techniques, CardiovascularDisease ManagementEchocardiography, StressEligibility DeterminationEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth PolicyHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicaidMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingOdds RatioPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesConceptsChest pain visitsOdds of admissionAdvanced cardiac imagingPain visitsAffordable Care ActChest painED visitsMedicaid expansionED visit dataCardiac imagingEmergency department visitsEligibility expansionsSubgroup of patientsExpansion statesLikelihood of admissionProportion of visitsNon-expansion statesMedicaid eligibility expansionsDepartment visitsClinician's discretionEmergency departmentMedicaid patientsAdmissionProvider behaviorVisits