Indicators of Differences in Immunization Rates of Mexican American and White Non-Hispanic Infants in a Medicaid Managed Care System

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Moore, Patricia ^a,b   Fenlon, Nancy ^c   Hepworth, Joseph T ^b  

^a Arizona College of Nursing   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phoenix Health Plan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARIZONA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030072922     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1996.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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