Insurance disruption due to spousal medicare transitions: Implications for access to care and health care utilization for women approaching age 65

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 946-964

  Schumacher, Jessica R ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^a   Liou, Jinn Ing ^a   Pandhi, Nancy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health care utilization; Instrumental variables; Medicare; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; SPOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65649117825     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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