Health Care Expenditures of Living With a Disability: Total Expenditures, Out-of-Pocket Expenses, and Burden, 1996 to 2004

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1532-1540

  Mitra, Sophie ^a   Findley, Patricia A ^b   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^c,d  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549126469     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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