Association of State Medicaid Expansion with Rate of Uninsured Hospitalizations for Major Cardiovascular Events, 2009-2014

JAMA Network Open

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Akhabue, Ehimare ^a   Pool, Lindsay R ^a   Yancy, Clyde W ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85062247363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25743805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.1296     Document Type: Article

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