The persistent gap in health-care coverage between low- and high-income workers in Washington state: BRFSS, 2003-2007

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 690-699

  Joyce Fan, Z ^a   Anderson, Naomi J ^a   Foley, Michael ^a   Rauser, Eddy ^a   Silverstein, Barbara A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FISHERY; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WORKER; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 80155186158     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600511     Document Type: Article

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