A National study of burdensome health care costs among non-elderly Americans

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Richman, Ilana B ^a   Brodie, Mollyann ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health economics; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928784742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-435     Document Type: Article

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