Provider Assessments, the Uninsured, and Uncompensated Care: Florida's Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 545-569

  Mitchell, Jean M ^a   Norton, Stephen A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TAXES; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029683739     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3350392     Document Type: Article

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