In low-income Latino patients, post-affordable care act insurance disparities may be reduced even more than broader national estimates: Evidence from Oregon

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 329-336

  Heintzman, John ^a   Bailey, Steffani R ^a   Devoe, Jennifer ^a,b   Cowburn, Stuart ^b   Kapka, Tanya ^c   Duong, Truc Vi ^d   Marino, Miguel ^a,e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHIN Inc   (United States)

^c Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center   (United States)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Community health centers; Health insurance; Hispanic Latino Americans

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OREGON; ADULT; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013674232     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0232-1     Document Type: Article

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