Stroke in the uninsured

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1950-1951

  Asplund, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHINA; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAYSIA; MEDICARE; NEPAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SRI LANKA; STROKE; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM; ECONOMICS; NOTE; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849097997     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.544635     Document Type: Editorial

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