Uninsured persons with disability confront substantial barriers to health care services

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Frakt, Austin B ^b,c   Pizer, Steven D ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b US Department of Veteran Affairs   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Access; Barriers to care; Disability; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555164825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19366574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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