Association of Medicaid Expansion with 1-Year Mortality among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 320, Issue 21, 2018, Pages 2242-2250

  Swaminathan, Shailender ^a,b,c,d   Sommers, Benjamin D ^e,f   Thorsness, Rebecca ^a   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^g   Lee, Yoojin ^a   Trivedi, Amal N ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d SRM UNIVERSITY AP   (India)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID EXPANSION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY CARE; PREDIALYSIS; PREEXPANSION PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85055714530     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.16504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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