Limited English proficiency and Latinos’ use of physician services

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-91

  Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^a,b   Baker, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033970368     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755870005700105     Document Type: Article

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