Medicaid expansion improved health insurance coverage for immigrants, but disparities persist

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1656-1662

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Wilson, Fernando A ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054091223     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0181     Document Type: Article

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