Undercounting medicaid enrollment in Maryland: Testing the accuracy of the current population survey

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-236

  Eberly, Todd ^a   Pohl, Mary Beth ^b   Davis, Stacey ^c  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current population survey; Medicaid; Survey accuracy; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349152069     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9078-5     Document Type: Article

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