Uninsured adults with chronic conditions or disabilities: Gaps in public insurance programs: People who live in the South and have a disability or chronic condition aremost at risk for uninsurance

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages w1141-w1150

  Pizer, Steven D ^a   Frakt, Austin B ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; ADOLESCENT; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751593239     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1141     Document Type: Article

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