Welfare reform and older immigrants' health insurance coverage

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2029-2034

  Nam, Yunju ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249108474     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120675     Document Type: Article

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