Personal Bankruptcy After Traumatic Brain or Spinal Cord Injury: The Role of Medical Debt

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-419

  Relyea Chew, Annemarie ^a,b   Hollingworth, William ^c   Chan, Leighton ^d   Comstock, Bryan A ^b   Overstreet, Karen A ^e   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Health care costs; Insurance, health; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANKRUPTCY; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 61349150024     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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