Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An Act prohibiting a health plan from establishing lifetime limits or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary after January 1, 2014. It permits a restricted annual limit for plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014. It provides that a health plan shall not be prevented from placing annual or lifetime per-beneficiary limits on covered benefits. The Act sets up a competitive health insurance market.
| Descriptor ID |
D058991
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.918 N03.706.615.806
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Health Care Reform Act
- Obamacare
- Public Law 111-148
- Public Law 111 148
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Acts, Affordable Care (ACA)
- Care Act, Affordable (ACA)
- Affordable Care Act
- Act, Affordable Care
- Acts, Affordable Care
- Affordable Care Acts
- Care Act, Affordable
- Care Acts, Affordable
- PL 111-148
- 111-148, PL
- PL 111 148
- PL111-148
- PL111 148
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" by people in Profiles.
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Health care utilization and HIV clinical outcomes among newly enrolled patients following Affordable Care Act implementation in a California integrated health system: a longitudinal study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Nov 11; 20(1):1030.
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Healthcare utilization of individuals with substance use disorders following Affordable Care Act implementation in a California healthcare system. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 11; 118:108097.
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Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Colorectal Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2020 04; 58(4):596-603.
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Association Between HEDIS Performance and Primary Care Physician Age, Group Affiliation, Training, and Participation in ACA Exchanges. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 06; 35(6):1730-1735.
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The Role of Health Extension in Practice Transformation and Community Health Improvement: Lessons From 5 Case Studies. Ann Fam Med. 2019 08 12; 17(Suppl 1):S67-S72.
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Does a transition to accountable care in Medicaid shift the modality of colorectal cancer testing? BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jan 21; 19(1):54.
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Disparities in the Receipt of Tobacco Treatment Counseling within the US Context of the Affordable Care Act and Meaningful Use Implementation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 11 15; 20(12):1474-1480.
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Characteristics of patients with substance use disorder before and after the Affordable Care Act. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 12 01; 193:124-130.
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The Relationship Between Prescription Copayments and Contraceptive Adherence in a New-user Cohort. Med Care. 2018 07; 56(7):577-582.
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Adverse Selection into and within the Individual Health Insurance Market in California in 2014. Health Serv Res. 2018 10; 53(5):3750-3769.