Medicare at forty

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-62

  Davis, Karen ^a   Collins, Sara R ^a  

^a The Commonwealth Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICARE; PENSIONER; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644701967     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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