Assessing the changing landscape of sexual health clinical service after the implementation of the affordable care act

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 725-730

  Mettenbrink, Christie ^a   Al Tayyib, Alia ^a,b   Eggert, Jeffrey ^a   Thrun, Mark ^a,c  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL HEALTH; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947866573     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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