Lack of health insurance among adults aged 18 to 64 years: Findings from the 2013 behavioral risk factor surveillance system

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Okoro, Catherine A ^a   Zhao, Guixiang ^a   Dhingra, Satvinder S ^b   Xu, Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCED PERSON; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; WIDOWED PERSON; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957808594     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.150328     Document Type: Article

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