Health insurance and subjective health status: data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure survey.
Author(s) -
Peter Franks,
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Marthe R. Gold,
Paul A. Nutting
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.9.1295
Subject(s) - health insurance , environmental health , medicine , health care , race and health , national health interview survey , health equity , socioeconomic status , gerontology , public health , population , nursing , economics , economic growth
The relationship between health insurance and subjective health status was investigated. It was hypothesized that persons without health insurance would have lower levels of subjective health status than those with health insurance and that this relationship would hold for both poor and nonpoor persons.
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