Medicaid Eligibility of Former Supplemental Security Income Recipients with Drug Abuse or Alcoholism Disability

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-47

  Hanrahan, Patricia ^a,b   Luchins, Daniel J ^a,b   Cloninger, Lea ^a,b   Swartz, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Office of Mental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042302923     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.1.46     Document Type: Article

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