Are elderly patients' opinions sought before admission to an intensive care unit?
elderly patients are therefore rarely asked for their opinion prior to intensive care admission. Our results indicate that respect of the decision-making autonomy of elderly subjects in the admission process to an intensive care unit should be reinforced.
These results suggest that some but not all types of clinician visits are serving an important function in maintaining Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program coverage among low-income patients. Two possible approaches to improve access to care among low-income children therefore would be (1) increased awareness among clinicians, especially in hospitals and emergency departments, regarding Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program retention as an issue in the ongoing care of their patients and (2) Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program reimbursement of clinicians and their staff for assisting patients with the public insurance renewal process.