Small Steps or a Giant Leap for the Uninsured?

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 816-818

  Bindman, Andrew B ^a,b   Haggstrom, David A ^a  

^a Primary Care Research Center   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMMIGRANT; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NOTE; PATIENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; POLICY MAKING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042160261     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.6.816     Document Type: Editorial

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