The effect of community uninsurance rates on access to health care

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 1, 2012, Pages 897-918

  Sabik, Lindsay M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; community effects; spillovers; Uninsurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; TIME; UNINSURANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861144552     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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