Adults in the income range for the affordable care act's medicaid expansion are healthier than pre-ACA enrollees

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-699

  Hill, Steven C ^a   Abdus, Salam ^b   Hudson, Julie L ^a   Selden, Thomas M ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c Division of Modeling and Simulation in CFACT   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; MEDICAID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SIMULATION;

EID: 84898036218     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0743     Document Type: Article

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