Healthcare affordability and access in nebraska after the great recession

Great Plains Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-35

  Snowden, Monica ^a   Blankenau, Joe ^a   Nitzke, Joseph ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Ionia Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Recession; Healthcare access; Healthcare affordability; Healthcare reform; Nebraska

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RURAL AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907209651     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2014.0016     Document Type: Article

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