Knowledge of health insurance terminology and details among the uninsured

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-98

  Politi, Mary C ^a   Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^a   Kreuter, Matthew ^a   Shacham, Enbal ^b   Lovell, Melissa C ^a   McBride, Timothy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health communication; health insurance; health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERVIEW; NOMENCLATURE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891850380     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558713505327     Document Type: Article

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