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Changes in disparities in access to care, health after Medicare eligibility

2021-07-26
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: The association between Medicare eligibility at age 65 and changes in racial and ethnic disparities in access to care and self-reported health was evaluated in this study.

Authors: Jacob Wallace, Ph.D., of the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3922)

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[Press-News.org] Changes in disparities in access to care, health after Medicare eligibility