Health and access to care during the first 2 years of the ACA Medicaid expansions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 947-956

  Miller, Sarah ^a,b   Wherry, Laura R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INSURANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015701236     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1612890     Document Type: Article

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