Welfare programs that target workforce participation may negatively affect mortality

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1072-1077

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Rosen, Zohn ^b   Wilde, Elizabeth Ty ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Wallace Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84879271519     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0971     Document Type: Article

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