Reducing medicaid churning: Extending eligibility for twelve months or to end of calendar year is most effective

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1180-1187

  Swartz, Katherine ^a   Short, Pamela Farley ^b   Graefe, Deborah Roempke ^b   Uberoi, Namrata ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Population Research Institute Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHURNING; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; MEDICAID; REIMBURSEMENT; SIMULATION; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936942673     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1204     Document Type: Article

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