Lower-income families pay A higher share of income toward national health care spending than higher-income families do

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1637-1646

  Ketsche, Patricia ^a   Adams, E Kathleen ^b   Wallace, Sally ^a   Kannan, Viji Diane ^c   Kannan, Harini ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Jameel Poverty Action Lab   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; TAX; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855659971     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0712     Document Type: Article

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