Health reform and shifts in funding for sexually transmitted infection services

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 455-460

  Drainoni, Mari Lynn ^a,b,c   Sullivan, Meg ^b   Sequeira, Shwetha ^b   Bacic, Janine ^a   Hsu, Katherine ^b,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902436134     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000135     Document Type: Article

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