Health care in the 2004 presidential election

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1314-1322

  Blendon, Robert J ^a   Altman, Drew E ^b   Benson, John M ^a   Brodie, Mollyann ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICARE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BIOTERRORISM; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544327595     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa042360     Document Type: Article

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