Insurance expansion and health literacy

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 874-875

  Martin, Laurie T ^a   Parker, Ruth M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST CONTROL; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052044252     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1212     Document Type: Note

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