Low-income employees' choices regarding employment benefits aimed at improving the socioeconomic determinants of health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1650-1657

  Danis, Marion ^a   Lovett, Francis ^b   Sabik, Lindsay ^b   Adikes, Katherin ^b   Cheng, Glen ^b   Aomo, Tom ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; NORWAY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34548475094     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.091033     Document Type: Article

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