Validating health insurance coverage survey estimates: A comparison of self-reported coverage and administrative data records

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-259

  Davern, Michael ^a   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a   Ziegenfuss, Jeanette ^a   Davidson, Gestur ^a   Beebe, Timothy J ^b   Blewett, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 44949094414     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn013     Document Type: Review

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