Lack of health insurance and decline in overall health in late middle age

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1106-1112

  Baker, David W ^a,b   Sudano, Joseph J ^a   Albert, Jeffrey M ^b   Borawski, Elaine A ^b   Dor, Avi ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035846310     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa002887     Document Type: Article

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