Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women's Access to Prescription Medicines

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 360-366

  Ranji, Usha R ^a   Wyn, Roberta ^b   Salganicoff, Alina ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^b  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 36249028687     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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