The Institutional Determinants of Health Insurance: Moving Away from Labor Market, Marriage, and Family Attachments under the ACA

American Sociological Review

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1144-1170

  Gutierrez, Carmen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; inequality; stratification; welfare state

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE; STATE ROLE; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85057124357     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122418811112     Document Type: Article

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