Insurance expansion in massachusetts did not reduce access among previously insured medicare patients

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 571-578

  Joynt, Karen E ^a   Chan, David ^a   John Orav, E ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875029868     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1018     Document Type: Article

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