Access to health care: Effects of public funding on the uninsured

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-300

  Smith Campbell, Betty ^a,b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Community health center; Emergency department utilization; Health policy; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034455836     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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