Racial and Regional Disparities in the Effect of the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Provision on Young Adult Trauma Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 495-501.e1

  Scott, John W ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^a,b   Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b   Scott, Kirstin W ^d   Song, Zirui ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937726685     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.03.032     Document Type: Article

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