Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Access to Care and Hospitalization Charges for Lupus Patients.

Elizabeth A BrownClara E Dismuke-GreerViswanathan RamakrishnanTrevor D FaithEdith Marie Williams

Published in: Arthritis care & research (2020)

Our findings suggest that while Medicaid expansion increased health insurance coverage, it did not address other issues related to access to care that could reduce the number of preventable hospitalizations.

Keyphrases

affordable care act
health insurance
end stage renal disease
healthcare
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
systemic lupus erythematosus
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
emergency department
disease activity
adverse drug
drug induced