Impact of changes in medicaid coverage on physician provision of safety net care

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 978-984

  Sabik, Lindsay M ^a   Gandhi, Sabina Ohri ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Physicians; Safety net; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886295873     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a50305     Document Type: Article

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