@article{a074c4f39a054c209d2c90242f53c07b,
title = "Author's Response to Critic's Allegations",
author = "Vivian Ho and Leanne Metcalfe and Cedric Dark and Lan Vu and Ellerie Weber and George Shelton and Underwood, \{Howard R.\}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article as per ICMJE conflict of interest guidelines (see www.icmje.org ). This article was supported in part by the Health Policy Institute of the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Ho reports an appointment as an executive board member of Community Health Choice and has included the following statement: “This manuscript is the first study that I have conducted using BCBS data. I first met my coauthors Dr. Metcalfe, Ms. Vu, and Dr. Underwood when I was looking for someone at BCBSTX who had access to freestanding emergency claims in Texas. My coauthors played a crucial role in providing access to the BCBSTX claims and participating in the calculation of all of the statistics reported in the paper. I have never received financial or other support for my research from BCBSTX or any of the BCBS affiliates across the country. In the past 13 years at the Baker Institue, as far as I can recall, the Institute has not received a donation or other support from BCBS.” Dr. Dark reports support from Community Health Choice, HealthCorps, and Schumacher Clinical Partners. He is a member of the Emergency Care Committee of the Harris County Medical Society. Formerly, he was a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, State Legislative and Regulatory Committee; a member and Chair of the Subcommittee on FSED Regulations; and the Communications Committee Chair for the Texas College of Emergency Physicians. He also reports owning 15 shares of Adeptus Healthcare. Drs. Metcalfe, Vu, and Underwood report employment at the Health Care Service Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. ",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.08.017",
language = "English",
volume = "70",
pages = "865--867",
journal = "Annals of Emergency Medicine",
issn = "0196-0644",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "6",
}