Underinsurance in the United States: An interaction of costs to consumers, benefit design, and access to care

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 471-482

  Lavarreda, Shana Alex ^a   Brown, E Richard ^a   Bolduc, Claudie Dandurand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

financial risk; health care reform; health impacts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNDERINSURANCE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952856384     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103655     Document Type: Article

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