Medicaid enrollment and health services access by Latino children in inner-city Los Angeles

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 636-641

  Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c   Wood, David L ^a,d   Valdez, R Burciaga ^a,b   Pereyra, Margaret ^b,d   Duan, Naihua ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031029224     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.8.636     Document Type: Article

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