Beyond Health Insurance: Remaining Disparities in US Health Care in the Post-ACA Era

Overview

Journal Milbank Q

Specialties Health Services
Public Health

Date 2017 Mar 8

PMID 28266070

Citations 27

Authors

Benjamin D Sommers

Caitlin L McMurtry

Robert J Blendon

John M Benson

Justin M Sayde

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