 Changes in young adult primary care under the affordable care actC.A. Wong, C.A. Ford, B. French and D.M. Rubin American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S680-S685 Abstract: Objectives: We sought to describe changes in young adults' routine care and usual sources of care (USCs), according to provider specialty, after implementation of extended dependent coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. Methods: We used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data from 2006 to 2012 to examine young adults' receipt of routine care in the preceding year, identification of a USC, and USC provider specialties (pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology). Results: The percentage of young adults who sought routine care increased from 42.4% in 2006 to 49.5% in 2012 (P Keywords: adult; age; female; health care policy; health insurance; human; insurance; legislation and jurisprudence; male; patient attitude; patient care; primary health care; sex difference; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; United States; young adult, Adult; Age Factors; Female; Humans; Insurance Coverage; Insurance, Health; Male; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Patient-Centered Care; Primary Health Care; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; 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.2015.302770_6 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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