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Association Between Medicaid Expansion and the Use of Outpatient General Surgical Care Among US Adults in Multiple States
Author(s) -
Saunders Lin,
Karen J. Brasel,
Ougni Chakraborty,
Sherry Glied
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2959
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , hernia repair , ambulatory , ambulatory care , health care , psychological intervention , family medicine , population , emergency medicine , general surgery , environmental health , surgery , nursing , hernia , economics , economic growth
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to Medicaid coverage in 2014 for individuals living in participating states. Whether expanded coverage was associated with increases in the use of outpatient surgical care, particularly among underserved populations, remains unknown.

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