Changes in inpatient payer-mix and hospitalizations following Medicaid expansion: Evidence from all-capture hospital discharge data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Freedman, Seth ^a   Nikpay, Sayeh ^b   Carroll, Aaron ^c   Simon, Kosali ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85030027737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183616     Document Type: Article

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