The within-year concentration of medical care: Implications for family out-of-pocket expenditure burdens

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1029-1051

  Selden, Thomas M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burdens; Expenditures; Medical utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649149788     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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