The effect of Medicaid coverage on use of health services by low-income elderly people

Social Work Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-43

  Lum, Yat Sang ^a   Chang, Hong Jer ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Gender; Health services; Low income; Medicaid; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002778936     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/22.1.31     Document Type: Article

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