Monitoring health reform efforts: Which state-level data to use?

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-105

  Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a   Blewett, Lynn A ^a   Boudreaux, Michel H ^a   Turner, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

American community survey; Policy evaluation; State surveys; Uninsurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897820338     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0046958013513670     Document Type: Article

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