Health Care Policy and Medical Sociology

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 271-288

  Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross Domestic Product; Health Care Reform; Health Care Service; Health Insurance Coverage; Health Service Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924563204     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7261-3_14     Document Type: Chapter

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