Effects of the ACA's health insurance Marketplaces on the previously uninsured: A quasi-experimental analysis

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 591-599

  Goldman, Anna L ^a   McCormick, Danny ^a,b   Haas, Jennifer S ^c   Sommers, Benjamin D ^c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85046804199     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1390     Document Type: Article

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