Cost Effectiveness of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Health Policy Investment

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 874-881

  Muennig, Peter A ^a   Mohit, Babak ^a   Wu, Jinjing ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^b   Rosen, Zohn ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODEL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; TAX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME TAX; POVERTY; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995459727     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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