Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 238-248 , July 2008

Quality of Care and Role of Health Insurance Among Non-Elderly Women with Disabilities

  • Jaeun Shin, PhD
    • ,
  • Sangho Moon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Sangho Moon, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University, Graduate School of Governance, 53 Myeongnyun-Dong 3-Ga, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 110-745, Korea; Phone: +822-760-0367; fax: +822-760-1311.

Received 19 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.02.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 238-248 , July 2008

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