Insurance and the utilization of medical services

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1623-1632

  Meer, Jonathan ^a   Rosen, Harvey S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care services; Insurance; Self employment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN;

EID: 1442360061     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00394-0     Document Type: Article

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