Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion May Cost States Additional Primary Care Physicians

Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion May Cost States Additional Primary Care Physicians

States currently electing not to expand Medicaid possibly forego the opportunity to expand their primary care workforces by a total of 1,525 physicians. Increased demand from expansion states and a limited primary care physician pool may provide a pull across state lines to the disadvantage of nonex...

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Veröffentlicht in:American family physician 2015, Vol.91 (1), p.24A-24B
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Mark W., MD, Petterson, Stephen, PhD, Gibbons, Claire, PhD, Finnegan, Sean, MS, Bazemore, Andrew, MD, MPH
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Sprache:eng
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Economic impact
Health care access
Internal Medicine
Medicaid
Opportunity costs
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Primary care
Workforce
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Zusammenfassung:States currently electing not to expand Medicaid possibly forego the opportunity to expand their primary care workforces by a total of 1,525 physicians. Increased demand from expansion states and a limited primary care physician pool may provide a pull across state lines to the disadvantage of nonexpansion states.
ISSN:0002-838X