National health insurance: Falling expectations and the safety net

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-405

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542443645     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124621.18867.ec     Document Type: Editorial

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