Not All Insurance Is Equal: Differential Treatment and Health Outcomes by Insurance Coverage Among Nonelderly Adult Patients With Heart Attack

Autor: Niedzwiecki, Matthew J., Hsia, Renee Y., Shen, Yu-Chu
Přispěvatelé: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Niedzwiecki, Matthew J; Hsia, Renee Y; & Shen, Yu‐Chu. (2018). Not All Insurance Is Equal: Differential Treatment and Health Outcomes by Insurance Coverage Among Nonelderly Adult Patients With Heart Attack. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(11). doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008152. UCSF: UCSF Library. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4006t8z8
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008152.
Popis: The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008152 The Affordable Care Act has provided health insurance to a large portion of the uninsured in the United States. However, different types of health insurance provide varying amounts of reimbursements to providers, which may lead to different types of treatment, potentially worsening health outcomes in patients covered by low-reimbursement insurance plans, such as Medicaid. The objective was to determine differences in access, treatment, and health outcomes by insurance type, using hospital fixed effects.
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