Access to health services in an urban community: Does source of care make a difference?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 186-199

  Merzel, Cheryl ^a   Moon Howard, Joyce ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access to Health Care; African Americans; Urban Health Services; Usual Source of Medical Care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036272029     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/79.2.186     Document Type: Article

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