Children's access to primary care: Differences by race, income, and insurance status

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Newacheck, Paul W ^a,b   Hughes, Dana C ^a   Stoddard, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

access; children; income; insurance; primary care; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030034604     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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