Health status and access to care among rural minorities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 230-249

  Mueller, Keith J ^b   Ortega, Suzanne T ^a   Parker, Keith ^a   Patil, Kashinath ^c   Askenazi, Ahuva ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Univ of Nebraska Lincoln Campus ^*

Author keywords

Health conditions; Health utilization; Minority groups; Rural

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033126364     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0249     Document Type: Article

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