A potential new data source for assessing the impacts of health reform: Evaluating the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index

Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-120

  Skopec, Laura ^a   Musco, Thomas ^b   Sommers, Benjamin D ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Data sources; Health insurance; Health policy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GALLUP HEALTHWAYS WELL BEING INDEX; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84904046003     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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