Open AccessRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Services and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Author(s) -
Abdus Salam,
Kamila B. Mistry,
Thomas M. Selden
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302892
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicaid , medical expenditure panel survey , agency (philosophy) , medicine , patient protection and affordable care act , health equity , health care , subsidy , health insurance , environmental health , family medicine , gerontology , public health , political science , nursing , philosophy , epistemology , law
We examined prereform patterns in insurance coverage, access to care, and preventive services use by race/ethnicity in adults targeted by the coverage expansions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).