New opportunities for funding dialysis-dependent undocumented individuals

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 370-375

  Raghavan, Rajeev ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nephrology; Clinical protocols; Dialysis; Economic impact; Financial; Fluid therapy; Health insurance exchanges; Humans; Management; Morals; Patient protection and affordable care act; Quality of life; Renal dialysis; Renal insufficiency; Safety net providers; Texas; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DUAL ELIGIBILITY (HEALTH INSURANCE); EMERGENCY CARE; FIALYSIS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE PLANS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RENAL DIALYSIS; TEXAS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021710259     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03680316     Document Type: Article

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