Toward a more reliable federal survey for tracking health insurance coverage and access

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3 I, 2006, Pages 918-945

  Kenney, Genevieve ^a   Holahan, John ^a   Nichols, Len ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimates and measurement of health insurance coverage; Health insurance coverage; Uninsured rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646553613     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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