Employment and Disability: Evidence from the 1996 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Findley, Patricia A ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642334626     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOOR.0000015007.46881.84     Document Type: Article

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