Relative financial burden of health care expenditures

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-16

  Bennett, Kevin J ^a   Powell, M Paige ^b   Probst, Janice C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial burden; Out of pocket; Rural; Spending

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77749267775     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802672007     Document Type: Article

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