The new health care law: How will women near retirement fare?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 331-337

  Prickett, Kate C ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAID; RACE; RETIREMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052370916     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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