Medical Students’ Views and Knowledge of the Affordable Care Act: A Survey of Eight U.S. Medical Schools

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1018-1024

  Winkelman, Tyler N A ^a   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^b   Vidwan, Navjyot K ^c   Niess, Meredith ^d   Davey, Cynthia S ^e   Donovan, Derek ^f   Cofrancesco, Joseph ^g   Mallory, Mia ^h   Moutsios, Sandi ⁱ   Antiel, Ryan M ^j   Song, John Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Health care reform; Medical students; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931561948     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3267-9     Document Type: Article

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