Why Uninsured Free Clinic Patients Don’t Apply for Affordable Care Act Health Insurance in a Non-expanding Medicaid State

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 119-126

  Kamimura, Akiko ^a   Tabler, Jennifer ^a   Chernenko, Alla ^a   Aguilera, Guadalupe ^a   Nourian, Maziar M ^b   Prudencio, Liana ^a   Ashby, Jeanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Maliheh Free Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Free clinics; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954360933     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0076-3     Document Type: Article

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