Association of the affordable care act medicaid expansion with access to and quality of care for surgical conditions

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Loehrer, Andrew P ^a   Chang, David C ^b   Scott, John W ^c   Hutter, Matthew M ^b   Patel, Virendra I ^d   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CHOLECYSTITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044308828     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5568     Document Type: Article

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