Financial impact of California's new law to increase HIV screening by mandating insurance coverage

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Meng, Ying Ying ^a   Coffman, Janet M ^b   Ripps, Jay C ^c   Lee, Chankyu ^c   Kominski, Gerald F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MILLIMAN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; coverage; HIV testing; legislation; social policy; utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 79251469424     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.498877     Document Type: Article

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