Healthcare services accessibility of children in the USA

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-450

  Yamada, Tetsuji ^a   Chen, Chia Ching ^b   Yamada, Tadashi ^c   Chiu, I Ming ^a   Smith, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; YOUNG POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349110807     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701720762     Document Type: Article

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