Assessing health care reform: Potential effects on insurance coverage among persons with disabilities

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Gettens, John ^a   Henry, Alexis D ^a   Himmelstein, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

eligibility; health care; medicare medicaid; policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860543467     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207311416584     Document Type: Article

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