Ryan White CARE act service use by Asian/Pacific Islanders and other clients in three California metropolitan areas (1997-1998)

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 403-417

  Pounds, Moses B ^a,c   Conviser, Richard ^a   Ashman, Jill J ^a   Bourassa, Virginia ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c HRSA/HAB/OSE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Asian Pacific Islanders; Services

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAY CARE; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036885877     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020649101613     Document Type: Article

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