Medicaid expansion under the affordable care act: Implications for insurance-related disparities in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 661-667

  Lyon, Sarah M ^a   Douglas, Ivor S ^b   Cooke, Colin R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Insurance, health; Medicaid; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST; COURT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; NEBULIZER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REIMBURSEMENT; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POVERTY;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903600928     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-072PS     Document Type: Article

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