The risk of bankruptcy before and after brain or spinal cord injury a glimpse of the Iceberg's tip

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 702-711

  Hollingworth, William ^a,b,c,d   Relyea Chew, Annemarie ^a,c   Comstock, Bryan A ^b   Overstreet, Judge Karen A ^d   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Health economics; Health insurance; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BANKRUPTCY; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547594510     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318041f765     Document Type: Article

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