Health characteristics associated with gaining and losing private and public health insurance: A national study

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Jerant, Anthony ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^b   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care reform; health insurance; health status; insurance selection bias; Medicaid; Medicare; patient protection and affordable care act; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856034356     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822dcc72     Document Type: Review

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