Restrictions on Undocumented Immigrants' Access to Health Services: The Public Health Implications of Welfare Reform

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1630-1633

  Kullgren, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNIZATION; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; WELFARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

DOCUMENTATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642315798     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1630     Document Type: Review

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