The affordable care act reduced socioeconomic disparities in health care access

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1503-1510

  Griffith, Kevin ^a,b   Evans, Leigh ^a,b   Bor, Jacob ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027121858     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0083     Document Type: Article

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