 Rates of insurance for injured patients before and after health care reform in Massachusetts: A possible case of double jeopardyH.P. Santry, C.E. Collins, J.T. Wiseman, C.M. Psoinos, J.M. Flahive and C.I. Kiefe American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 6, 1066-1072 Abstract: Objectives. We determined how preinjury insurance status and injury-related outcomes among able-bodied, community-dwelling adults treated at a Level I Trauma Center in central Massachusetts changed after health care reform. Methods. We compared insurance status at time of injury among non-Medicare-eligible adult Massachusetts residents before (2004-2005) and after (2009-2010) health care reform, adjusted for demographic and injury covariates, and modeled associations between insurance status and trauma outcomes. Results. Among 2148 patients before health care reform and 2477 patients after health care reform, insurance rates increased from 77% to 84% (P Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; female; health care policy; health insurance; human; injury; male; medically uninsured; middle aged; penetrating trauma; statistics; United States; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; Female; Health Care Reform; Humans; Insurance, Health; Male; Massachusetts; Medically Uninsured; Middle Aged; Wounds and Injuries; Wounds, Penetrating; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301711_7 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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