Lessons from early medicaid expansions under health reform: Interviews with medicaid officials

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Arntson, Emily ^a   Kenney, Genevieve M ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Law; Medicaid; Politics; Qualitative research; Regulation; State health policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; GOVERNMENT; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891769397     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.003.04.a02     Document Type: Article

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