Health insurance coverage during the years preceding medicare eligibility

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 770-776

  Baker, David W ^a,c   Sudano, Joseph J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETIREMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644385185     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.7.770     Document Type: Article

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