Estimating the potential impact of insurance expansion on undiagnosed and uncontrolled chronic conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1554-1562

  Hogan, Daniel R ^a   Danaei, Goodarz ^b   Ezzati, Majid ^c   Clarke, Philip M ^d   Jha, Ashish K ^e   Salomon, Joshua A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b University School of Public Health   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Health Policy and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942321629     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1435     Document Type: Article

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