Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care and Public Program Enrollment

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-527

  Maude Griffin, Roland ^c   Davidson, Gestur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Economic Consultant ^*

Author keywords

state health policy; uncompensated care; uninsured

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374942     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558703257314     Document Type: Article

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