Health status and hospital utilization of recent immigrants to New York City

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Fahs, Marianne C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Health status; Immigration and emigration; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036389458     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1072     Document Type: Article

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