Salud de adultos no asegurados previamente después de adquirir la cobertura de Medicare

J Michael McWilliams1, Ellen Meara, Alan M Zaslavsky

  • 1Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

JAMA
|December 27, 2007
PubMed
Resumen

La adquisición de la cobertura de Medicare mejoró significativamente las tendencias de salud para los adultos previamente sin seguro, especialmente aquellos con enfermedades cardiovasculares o diabetes. Esto demuestra los beneficios para la salud de los seguros para las poblaciones vulnerables de edad avanzada.

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