Upper income limit for SCHIP and forgone care among uninsured US children

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1882-1884

  Shone, Laura P ^a   Klein, Jonathan D ^a   Blumkin, Aaron K ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; INCOME; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349122818     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.508     Document Type: Letter

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