Most uninsured adults could schedule primary care appointments before the ACA, but average price was $160

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 773-780

  Saloner, Brendan ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^b   Kenney, Genevieve M ^c   Hempstead, Katherine ^d,e   Rhodes, Karin V ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Rutgers University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY AREAS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929616834     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1258     Document Type: Article

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