Disparities in the prevalence of comorbidities among US adults by state Medicaid expansion status

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-202

  Akinyemiju, Tomi ^a   Jha, Megha ^a   Moore, Justin Xavier ^a   Pisu, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable care act; Comorbidities; Disparities; Medicaid expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964462278     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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