RT Journal
A1 Cheung PT, Wiler JL, Ginde AA
T1 CHanges in barriers to primary care and emergency department utilization
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD August 8
VO 171
IS 15
SP 1393
OP 1400
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.350
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.350
AB 
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act1 (ACA) aimed to expand health insurance coverage, improve access to medical care, and control health care costs.2 An implicit goal of health insurance expansion is to improve access and utilization of primary care services and divert patients from what is believed to be higher-cost emergency care. Indeed, annual emergency department (ED) visit rates have increased from 90 million in 1996 to 124 million in 2008.3