Medical spending, health insurance, and measurement of American poverty

Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 117-154

  Burtless, Gary ^a   Siegel, Sarah ^b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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