Health insurance coverage of direct support workers in the developmental disabilities field

Mental Retardation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-134

  Ebenstein, William ^a   Kennedy Jr , John F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COST; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645582333     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: 00476765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[128:HICODS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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