Intra-Ethnic Coverage Disparities among Latinos and the Effects of Health Reform

Health Services Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1373-1386

  Gonzales, Sergio ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health reform; Insurance; racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEXICAN; PROBABILITY; SOUTH AMERICAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDY DESIGN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021407439     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12733     Document Type: Article

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