Disparities in access to care and satisfaction among U.S. children: The roles of race/ethnicity and poverty status

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-441

  Shi, Leiyu ^a   Stevens, Gregory D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844449880     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000410     Document Type: Article

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