Leveling the field - Ensuring equity through national health care reform

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2401-2403

  Siegel, Bruce ^a   Nolan, Lea ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449192639     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0909323     Document Type: Article

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