Can we trust population surveys to count medicaid enrollees and the uninsured?

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1163-1167

  Kincheloe, Jennifer ^a   Brown, E Richard ^b   Frates, Janice ^c   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^d   Yen, Wei ^e   Watkins, Jim ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA's School of Public Health   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Washington State Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33746893400     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.4.1163     Document Type: Article

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