A partisan divide on the uninsured

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 706-711

  Oakman, Tara Sussman ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^b   Campbell, Andrea L ^c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^d   Benson, John M ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POLITICS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958044488     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.1019     Document Type: Article

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