The impacts of subsidized health insurance on employees' use of preventive health services

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-34

  Kahn, Linda S ^a,c   Tumiel Berhalter, Laurene ^a   Cadzow, Renee ^a   Watkins, Robert ^a   Leonard, Kathleen M ^b   Taylor, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Independent Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services utilization; Small business; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846665584     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278706297341     Document Type: Article

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