Leaving medicaid without health insurance: TANF policies and recipients' vulnerabilities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-619

  Cheng, Tyrone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; TANF recipients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAID; PATIENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848823160     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0056     Document Type: Article

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