Medicaid’s Impact on Chronic Disease Biomarkers: A Cohort Study of Community Health Center Patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 940-947

  Hatch, Brigit ^a,b   Marino, Miguel ^a   Killerby, Marie ^a   Angier, Heather ^a   Hoopes, Megan ^b   Bailey, Steffani R ^a   Heintzman, John ^a   O’Malley, Jean P ^a   DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHIN Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

access to healthcare; biomarkers; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016952356     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4051-9     Document Type: Article

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