Health care in the 2008 presidential primaries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-

  Blendon, Robert J ^a,b   Altman, Drew E ^c   Deane, Claudia ^c   Benson, John M ^a   Brodie, Mollyann ^c   Buhr, Tami ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLOMBIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMMIGRATION; IRAQ; MEDICAL ERROR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549153453     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr0708410     Document Type: Article

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