Effects of the Affordable Care Act's young adult insurance expansion on prescription drug insurance coverage, utilization, and expenditures

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 682-698

  Look, Kevin A ^a   Arora, Prachi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Dependent coverage mandate; Health insurance; Health policy; Prescription drug insurance

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949488487     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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