Chilling effect? Post-election health care use by undocumented and mixed-status families

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e20-

  Page, Kathleen R ^a   Polk, Sarah ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARYLAND; MEDICAID; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; POLITICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLITICS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016281835     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1700829     Document Type: Review

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