Considering health insurance: how do dialysis initiates with Medicaid coverage differ from persons without Medicaid coverage? | Zendy

James B. Wetmore | Zendy; Sally K. Rigler | Zendy; J. D. Mahnken | Zendy; Purna Mukhopadhyay | Zendy; Theresa I. Shireman | Zendy

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Considering health insurance: how do dialysis initiates with Medicaid coverage differ from persons without Medicaid coverage?

Author(s) -

James B. Wetmore,

Sally K. Rigler,

J. D. Mahnken,

Purna Mukhopadhyay,

Theresa I. Shireman

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp396

Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , dialysis , health insurance , actuarial science , environmental health , demography , family medicine , emergency medicine , health care , economic growth , sociology , economics , business

Type of health insurance is an important mediator of medical outcomes in the United States. Medicaid, a jointly sponsored Federal/State programme, is designed to serve medically needy individuals. How these patients differ from non-Medicaid-enrolled incident dialysis patients and how these differences have changed over time have not been systematically examined.

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