Changes in Health Insurance Coverage Associated with the Affordable Care Act among Adults with and Without a Cancer History

Medical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 220-227

  Davidoff, Amy J ^a,b   Guy, Gery P ^c   Hu, Xin ^b   Gonzales, Felisa ^d   Han, Xuesong ^e   Zheng, Zhiyuan ^e   Parsons, Helen ^f   Ekwueme, Donatus U ^c   Jemal, Ahmedin ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survivors; eligibility; health care reform; insurance; medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVORS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044529859     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000876     Document Type: Article

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