Health inequity: The plight of uninsured children in a rural Alabama county and the plan to cure it

Family and Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-167

  Lichtenstein, Bronwen ^a   Sharma, Amit K ^a   Wheat, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health insurance; Rural Alabama

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144395932     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200504000-00007     Document Type: Article

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