Comparison of Utilization, Costs, and Quality of Medicaid vs Subsidized Private Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults
Open Access
- 5 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Network Open
- Vol. 4 (1), e2032669
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32669
Abstract
Numerous studies over the past decade have evaluated the effects of health insurance on utilization, costs, and quality, and most of this evidence comes from research on Medicaid.1-4 Yet there has been little rigorous evidence on the comparative effects of public vs private coverage.Keywords
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