Party Control, Policy Reforms, and the Impact on Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. States

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 246-267

  Cummins, Jeff ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551653536     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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