The Effect of Universal Coverage on Health Expenditures for the Uninsured

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-113

  Short, Pamela Farley ^a   Hahn, Beth A ^b   Beauregard, Karen ^c   Harvey, P Holly ^d   Wilets, Melissa Lemberg ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Financing; Health care reform; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 0031066996     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199702000-00001     Document Type: Article

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