Search and You Shall Find: Geographic Characteristics Associated with Google Searches during the Affordable Care Act's First Enrollment Period

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 723-735

  Gollust, Sarah E ^a   Qin, Xuanzi ^a   Wilcock, Andrew D ^a   Baum, Laura M ^b   Barry, Colleen L ^c   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^d   Fowler, Erika Franklin ^b   Karaca Mandic, Pinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; health insurance; health policy; Internet

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKET; UNITED STATES; GEOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNET; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032455981     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558716660944     Document Type: Article

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