Diabetes outpatient care and acute complications before and after high-deductible insurance enrollment: A natural experiment for translation in diabetes (NEXT-D) study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 358-368

  Wharam, J Frank ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Eggleston, Emma M ^a   Lu, Christine Y ^a   Soumerai, Stephen ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HIGH DEDUCTIBLE INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AMBULATORY CARE; COST; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015337723     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8411     Document Type: Article

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