Mortality and access to care among adults after state medicaid expansions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1025-1034

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Baicker, Katherine ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84866098277     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1202099     Document Type: Article

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