Sources and barriers to health care coverage for Haitian immigrants in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-41

  Saint Jean, Gilbert ^a,b   Crandall, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haitians; Health care access; Health services accessibility; Immigrants; Insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INSURANCE; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FLORIDA; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17144388308     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0016     Document Type: Article

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