A Window of Vulnerability: Health Insurance Coverage Among Women 55 to 64 Years of Age

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-11

  Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650749503     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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