Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act and Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 217-226

  Soni, Aparna ^a   Hendryx, Michael ^b   Simon, Kosali ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; insurance; Medicaid; rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85010762631     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12234     Document Type: Article

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