Adequacy of outpatient specialty care access in marketplace plans under the affordable care act

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1749-1750

  Dorner, Stephen C ^a   Jacobs, Douglas B ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PULMONOLOGY; RHEUMATOLOGY; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PSYCHIATRY; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945266035     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.9375     Document Type: Letter

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