Healthcare access and utilization among women 40 and older at the U.S.-Mexico border: Predictors of a routine check-up

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-333

  Hunter, Jennifer B ^a   De Zapien, Jill Guernsey ^a   Denman, Catalina A ^b   Moncada, Eva ^c   Papenfuss, Mary ^d   Wallace, Danelle ^d   Giuliano, Anna R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b El Colegio de Sonora   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare access and utilization; Routine check up; U.S. Mexico border

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1642496969     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025440528845     Document Type: Review

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