Can the ACA improve population health?

Economists' Voice

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Goldman, Dana P ^a   Lakdawalla, Darius N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy; insurance; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650899022     PISSN: 15533832     EISSN: 15533832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1814     Document Type: Article

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