Insurance premiums and insurance coverage of near-poor children

Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-377

  Hadley, Jack ^a,b   Reschovsky, James D ^b   Cunningham, Peter ^b   Kenney, Genevieve ^a   Dubay, Lisa ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 33847385445     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.4.362     Document Type: Review

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