Is health insurance affordable for the uninsured?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 650-673

  Bundorf, M Kate ^a   Pauly, Mark V ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Health insurance; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745617093     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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