Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 66-79 , March 2006

Women’s health care utilization and expenditures

  • Amy K. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Amy K. Taylor, PhD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
  • ,
  • Sharon Larson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
  • ,
  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
    • Dr. Correa-de-Araujo is AHRQ’s Senior Advisor on Women’s Health.

Received 5 April 2005 ,Revised 27 June 2005 ,Accepted 24 October 2005.

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 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the Federal government.

PII: S1049-3867(05)00105-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.11.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 66-79 , March 2006