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Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 2002-15: Review of Office of Inspector General Patient Dumping Settlements
INTRODUCTION: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) of 1986 was enacted to prevent hospitals from “dumping” or refusing service to patients for financial reasons. The statute prohibits discrimination of emergency department (ED) patients for any reason. The Office of the Inspector G...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330654 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2016.3.29705 |