Did Massachusetts Health Care Reform Lower Mortality? No According to Randomization Inference

Statistics and Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Kaestner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Government policy; Medical insurance; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015407695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2330443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2015.1102667     Document Type: Article

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