Is Fragmented financing bad for your health?

Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-122

  Pizer, Steven D ^a,b   Gardner, John A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 80052839513     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_48.02.02     Document Type: Article

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