Michael J. Bellino, MD
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Requests for 692 transfers to an academic level I trauma center: implications of the emergency medical treatment and active labor act.
J Trauma. 2007; (1): 63-7; discussion 67-8
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) effectively requires Level I trauma centers (TC) to accept all transfers for a higher level of care if capacity exists. We hypothesized that EMTALA would burden a Level I TC by a selective referral of a poor payer mix of primarily nonoperative patients.
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