To buy, or not to buy: Factors associated with the purchase of nongroup, private health insurance

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Saver, Barry G ^a,b   Doescher, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Health care reform; Insurance, health; Medically uninsured; Minority groups; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034132247     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200002000-00004     Document Type: Article

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