Research ArticleOriginal Research

Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access and Utilization Among Latinos

Héctor E. Alcalá, Jie Chen, Brent A. Langellier, Dylan H. Roby and Alexander N. Ortega
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2017, 30 (1) 52-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160208

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