Why some disabled adults in medicaid face large out-of-pocket expenses

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1517-1522

  Burns, Marguerite ^a   Shah, Nilay ^b   Smith, Maureen ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; COST SHARING; DISABLED PERSONS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAID; POVERTY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958155875     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0147     Document Type: Article

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