Trends in private insurance, medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program, and the healthcare safety net: Implications for vulnerable populations and health disparities

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-148

  Shields, Alexandra E ^a,d   McGinn Shapiro, Mary ^b   Fronstin, Paul ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c Employee Benefit Research Institute   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health policy; Medicaid; Safety net providers; SCHIP; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 45549091905     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.029     Document Type: Review

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