Dissecting Perceptions: Exploring the Determinants of Health-Care Reform Preferences*

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 245-258

  Mitchell, Joshua L ^a   Dowe, Pearl K Ford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 85055730878     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12546     Document Type: Article

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