Adolescents' knowledge of their health insurance coverage

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Ryan, Sheryl A ^a,d   Millstein, Susan G ^c   Kang, Myungsa ^b   Ensminger, Margaret E ^b   Starfield, Barbara ^b   Irwin Jr , Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adolescents; Health insurance; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032055827     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00243-7     Document Type: Article

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