Expansion of coverage under the patient protection and affordable care act and primary care utilization

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-89

  Hofer, Adam N ^a   Abraham, Jean Marie ^a   Moscovice, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

health insurance; Primary care; workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953051821     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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