Coverage gains after the affordable care act among the uninsured in Minnesota

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S658-S664

  Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a   Lukanen, Elizabeth ^a   Spencer, Donna ^a   Alarcón, Giovann ^a   Pintor, Jessie Kemmick ^a   Simon, Alisha Baines ^b   Gildemeister, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946707937     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302837     Document Type: Article

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