Simple truths about America's uninsured: Many common beliefs are incorrect

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hoffman, Catherine B ^a  

^a Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured   (United States)

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EID: 33846076136     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200701000-00019     Document Type: Review

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