Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 360-366 , November 2007

Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women’s Access to Prescription Medicines

  • Usha R. Ranji, MS

      Affiliations

    • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California
    • Usha Ranji, MS, is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Kaiser Family Foundations. Her work addresses issues related to women’s health coverage and access to care, with an emphasis on low-income populations.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Usha R. Ranji, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: 650-854-9400; Fax: 650-854-4800.
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  • Roberta Wyn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California
    • Roberta Wyn, PhD, is an associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She conducts research in several health care policy areas with a particular focus on access to health insurance coverage and health care for women, ethnic populations, and low-income groups.
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  • Alina Salganicoff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California
    • Alina Salganicoff, PhD, is Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Her work focuses on health policy issues of importance to women, with an emphasis on health coverage, financing, and access to care for underserved women.
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  • Hongjian Yu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California
    • Hongjian Yu, PhD, is the director for statistical support at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. His research in statistics has involved mixed generalized linear models, hierarchical models, survey design, and small-area estimation.

Received 24 October 2006 ,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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 Funding for this research was provided by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

PII: S1049-3867(07)00142-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.08.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 360-366 , November 2007

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