Crossing the border for health care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-87

  Macias, Eduardo P ^b   Morales, Leo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Health status; Latino; Poor; U.S. Mexico border; Underserved

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FAIRS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 0035256474     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0643     Document Type: Review

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