Impact of universal health insurance coverage on hypertension management: a cross-national study in the United States and England.

BACKGROUND: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) galvanised debate in the United States (US) over universal health coverage. Comparison with countries providing universal coverage may illustrate whether the ACA can improve health outcomes and reduce disparities. We aimed to compare q...

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Main Authors: Andrew R H Dalton, Eszter P Vamos, Matthew J Harris, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Robert M Wachter, Azeem Majeed, Christopher Millett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3885510?pdf=render