Improvements in health status after Massachusetts health care reform

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-689

  Van Der Wees, Philip J ^a,b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

health care delivery; health care reform; health status; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890253584     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12029     Document Type: Article

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