Impact of the affordable care act on health care access and utilization among latinos

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 52-62

  Alcala, Hector E ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Langellier, Brent A ^c   Roby, Dylan H ^b   Ortega, Alexander N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Service; Hispanic Americans; Hospital; Insurance Coverage; Language; Logistic Models; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Surveys and Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CITIZENSHIP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL CARE; MEXICAN; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GAP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GAPS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011582730     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160208     Document Type: Review

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