Termination from medicaid: How does it affect access, continuity of care, and willingness to purchase insurance?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-137

  Weissman, Joel S ^a   Witzburg, Robert ^b   Linov, Pamela ^b   Campbell, Eric G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Neighborhood Health Plan   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Medicaid; Uninsured; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033070187     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0764     Document Type: Article

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