Medical debt and consumer credit counseling services

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-346

  Gurewich, Deborah ^a   Prottas, Jeffrey ^a   Seifert, Robert ^b   Seager, Susan ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Access Project

^c Consumer Credit Counseling Services ^*

Author keywords

Credit counseling services; Health care access; Medical debt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; POVERTY;

EID: 4444379183     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2004.0041     Document Type: Article

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