Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Dynamics of Gaining and Losing Coverage Over the Life-Course

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 181-201

  Sohn, Heeju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Inequality; Life tables; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LATINO PEOPLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MINORITY GROUP; PANEL DATA; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991380446     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-016-9416-y     Document Type: Article

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