Wisconsin experience indicates that expanding public insurance to low-income childless adults has health care impacts

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1037-1045

  DeLeire, Thomas ^a,f   Dague, Laura ^b   Leininger, Lindsey ^c   Voskuil, Kristen ^d   Friedsam, Donna ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Population Health Institute   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH REFORM; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879252307     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1026     Document Type: Article

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