Voters and health reform in the 2008 presidential election

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2050-2061

  Blendon, Robert J ^a,b   Altman, Drew E ^c   Benson, John M ^a   Brodie, Mollyann ^c   Buhr, Tami ^d   Deane, Claudia ^c   Buscho, Sasha ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Opinion Dynamics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 57349166294     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr0807717     Document Type: Article

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