The Affordable Care Act and Expanded Insurance Eligibility among Nonelderly Adult Cancer Survivors

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Davidoff, Amy J ^a   Hill, Steven C ^b   Bernard, Didem ^b   Robin Yabroff, K ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETPLACE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF POCKET MEDICAL SPENDING; POVERTY; PREMIUM TAX CREDIT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TAX; YOUNG ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942258066     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv181     Document Type: Article

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