Injury-related emergency department use among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities insured by Medicaid from 2010 to 2016.

Jessica A R WilliamsJulie RoyerEmily LauerNoelle K KurthWilli Horner-JohnsonSuzanne McDermottAnna LevyJean P Hall

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2023)

While rates and patterns of ED utilisation among Medicaid members with intellectual and developmental disabilities vary by age and gender, our findings suggest this group visits the ED due to injury at rates well above the general population.

Keyphrases

emergency department
health insurance
affordable care act
mental health
adverse drug
electronic health record