Case studies at Denver Health: 'patient dumping' in the emergency department despite EMTALA, the law that banned it

Authors

Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington UniversityFollow
Lara Cartwright-Smith, George Washington University
Joel Hirsh, Denver Health, Denver, CO
Philip S. Mehler, Denver Health, Denver, CO

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-2012

Journal

Health Affairs

Volume

Volume 31, Issue 8

Inclusive Pages

1749-1756

Keywords

Hospitals; Urban--legislation & jurisprudence; Patient Transfer--legislation & jurisprudence; Refusal to Treat--legislation & jurisprudence--statistics & numerical data

APA Citation

Rosenbaum, S., Cartwright-Smith, L., Hirsh, J., & Mehler, P. S. (2012). Case studies at denver health: 'patient dumping' in the emergency department despite emtala, the law that banned it. Health Affairs, 31(8), 1749-1756.

Peer Reviewed

1