Insurance status of U.S. organ donors and transplant recipients: The uninsured give, but rarely receive

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-652

  Herring, Andrew A ^a   Woolhandler, Steffie ^b,c   Himmelstein, David U ^b,c  

^a Division of Social and Community Medicine ^*

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749187115     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.38.4.d     Document Type: Article

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