Projected health impact of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 645-650

  Cole, Brian L ^a   Shimkhada, Riti ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Kominski, Gerald ^a   Fielding, Jonathan E ^a   Wu, Sheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; MINIMUM WAGE;

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23144450854     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.028142     Document Type: Article

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