Simulating representation: Elite mobilization and political power in health care reform

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shapiro, Robert Y ^a   Jacobs, Lawrence ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Health care; Public opinion; U.S. policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952225714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1360     Document Type: Article

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