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- 2018
Examining EMTALA in the era of the patient protection and Affordable Care ActDOI: 10.3934/publichealth.2018.4.366 Keywords: health policy, Affordable Care Act, emergency medicine, health reform, insurance reform Abstract: Little is known regarding the characteristics of hospitals that violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This study addresses this gap by examining EMTALA settlements from violating hospitals and places these descriptive results within the current debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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