Implications of the Medicaid undercount in a high-penetration Medicaid state

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P2, 2007, Pages 2424-2441

  Goidel, R Kirby ^a   Procopio, Steven ^b   Schwalm, Douglas ^c   Terrell, Dek ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Medicaid bias; Survey methods; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SEX ROLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948971327     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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