Access to and quality of health care

Hispanics and the Future of America

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 410-446

  Escarce, José J ^a,b   Kapur, Kanika ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85009289879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11539     Document Type: Chapter

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