Unmet need for disability-related health care services and employment status among adults with disabilities in the Massachusetts Medicaid program

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Henry, Alexis D ^a   Long Bellil, Linda ^a   Zhang, Jianying ^a   Himmelstein, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health care needs; Rrehabilitative services; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555165133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19366574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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