Changes in utilization and health among low-income adults after medicaid expansion or expanded private insurance

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1501-1509

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a,b   Blendon, Robert J ^a   Orav, E John ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARKANSAS; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SELF REPORT; TEXAS; ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; KENTUCKY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KENTUCKY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997281813     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4419     Document Type: Article

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