Who can't pay for health care?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 504-509

  Weinick, Robin M ^a,b   Byron, Sepheen C ^a,b   Bierman, Arlene S ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional impairment; Health care affordability; Insurance coverage; Low income populations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22344438962     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0087.x     Document Type: Review

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