Access to health care for children and adolescents in working poor families: Recent findings from California

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-78

  Guendelman, Sylvia ^a   Angulo, Veronica ^a   Oman, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health disparities; Healthy Families; SCHIP; Working poor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12344269753     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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