Health status adjustment and income-related inequality in health care delivery

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-85

  Chen, Alex Y ^a   Escarce, José J ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status adjustment; Inequality; MEPS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21344443096     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-005-5565-x     Document Type: Article

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