Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
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To compare the effects of HMOs with the effects of other types of private health insurance on nonurgent ED visits in the pediatric population. ⋯ Pediatric patients with private insurance were more likely to present for emergency care for nonurgent reasons when compared with HMO patients after adjusting for the above listed variables. The reasons for this disparity should be further explored.