Dependent coverage provision led to uneven insurance gains and unchanged mortality rates in young adult trauma patients

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-133

  Scott, John W ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b   Scott, Kirstin W ^c   Schwartz, Aaron L ^d   Song, Zirui ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920869912     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0880     Document Type: Article

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