National health care reform: An idea whose time came and went

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 647-696

  Hacker, Jacob S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; REVIEW;

EID: 0029794442     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-21-4-647     Document Type: Review

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