Tuberculosis elimination efforts in the United States in the era of insurance expansion and the affordable care act

Public Health Reports

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 349-354

  Balaban, Victor ^a   Marks, Suzanne M ^a   Etkind, Sue C ^b   Katz, Dolly J ^a   Higashi, Julie ^c   Flood, Jennifer ^d   Cronina, Ann ^a   Ho, Christine S ^a   Khan, Awal ^a   Chorba, Terence ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSURANCE EXPANSION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84933516273     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000413     Document Type: Article

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