The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage through 2015 and Coverage Disparities by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender

Health Services Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1248-1271

  Wehby, George L ^a,b,c   Lyu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; RACE; STUDY DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019868034     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12711     Document Type: Article

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