State variation in health care spending and the politics of state Medicaid policy

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1213-1251

  Lukens, Gideon ^a  

^a Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921812655     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2822634     Document Type: Article

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