Access to care among vulnerable populations enrolled in commercial HMOs

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-385

  Carlson, Matthew J ^a,c   Blustein, Jan ^b,d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CareOregon   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (CAHPS) survey; Health maintenance organizations; Health services accessibility; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0141483192     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0635     Document Type: Article

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