Gain in insurance coverage and residual uninsurance under the affordable care act: Texas, 2013-2016

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 120-126

  Pickett, Stephen ^a   Marks, Elena ^a   Ho, Vivian ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; RESIDENT; TEXAS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006056686     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303510     Document Type: Review

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