The impact of health insurance on health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue , 2008, Pages 399-409

  Levy, Helen ^a   Meltzer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Correlation; Endogeneity; Evidence

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42649134156     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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