States' allocations of funds from the tobacco master settlement agreement

Health Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-227

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Allsbrook, Jennifer S ^b   Madre, Leanne K ^b   Masselink, Leah E ^c   Mathews, Carrie A ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d CXO Media   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

COST ALLOCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; PUBLIC POLICY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12944261921     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.1.220     Document Type: Article

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