How have state policies to expand dependent coverage affected the health insurance status of young adults?

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 2, 2011, Pages 251-267

  Monheit, Alan C ^b   Cantor, Joel C ^a   Delia, Derek ^a   Belloff, Dina ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care financing; health economics; health policy; insurance; law; politics; premiums; regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; STATE HEALTH PLANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650978980     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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