Polling analysis: Public support for health reform was broader than reported and depended on how proposals were framed

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1242-1249

  Grande, David ^a   Gollust, Sarah E ^b   Asch, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960256060     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0180     Document Type: Article

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