The financial burden of medical spending: Estimates and implications for evaluating the impact of ACA reforms

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-199

  Abramowitz, Joelle ^a   O'Hara, Brett ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; burden; out of pocket medical spending

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924915893     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558714563173     Document Type: Article

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