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August 2002, Vol. 125, No. 8

Experimental poverty measures: accounting for medical expenditures

Kathleen Short
Senior Research Economist, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau.
Email: kshort@census.gov

Thesia I. Garner
Senior Research Economist, Division of Price and Index Number Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: garner_t@bls.gov

Alternate methods of measuring medical expenses affect the relative incidence of poverty, the depth of poverty experienced by the poor, and the number of people who are classified in extreme poverty.

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