Health Insurance and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: Implications for public health policy and practice

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Payne Jr , Perry W ^a   Goldstein, Melissa M ^a   Jarawan, Hani ^a   Rosenbaum, Sara ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249138732     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400222     Document Type: Review

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