Korean American health insurance and health services utilization

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 494-505

  Ryu, Hosihn ^b   Young, Wendy B ^a   Park, Changgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Health services utilization; Korean Americans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035653922     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10009     Document Type: Article

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