Affordable care act medicaid expansion reduced uninsured hospital stays in 2014

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-110

  Nikpay, Sayeh ^a   Buchmueller, Thomas ^b   Levy, Helen G ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958174283     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1144     Document Type: Article

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