Holes in the safety net - Legal immigrants' access to health insurance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 596-598

  Parmet, Wendy E ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LAW SUIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881403190     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1306637     Document Type: Article

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