Racial and ethnic disparities in health care access and utilization under the affordable care act

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 140-146

  Chen, Jie ^a   Vargas Bustamante, Arturo ^b   Mortensen, Karoline ^c   Ortega, Alexander N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Health care access; Health care utilization; Health insurance; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957843910     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000467     Document Type: Article

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