Effects of healthcare reforms on coverage, access, and disparities: Quasi-experimental analysis of evidence from Massachusetts

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Pande, Aakanksha H ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Salomon, Joshua A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958855259     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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