Physician perceptions of barriers to care for inner-city latino children with asthma

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-44

  Lara, Marielena ^a   Allen, Felicia ^b   Lange, Linda ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma therapy; Child; Health care accessibility; Health policy; Health services; Latino Hispanic Americans; Poverty; Qualitative methods; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033072931     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0785     Document Type: Article

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