The affordable care act may increase the number of people getting tested for HIV by nearly 500,000 by 2017

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-385

  Wagner, Zachary ^a,b   Wu, Yanyu ^c   Sood, Neeraj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRECISION HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INSURANCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84896847850     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0996     Document Type: Article

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