Attenuation of racial differences in health service utilization patterns for previously uninsured children in the delta

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-294

  Moon, Zola K ^a   Farmer, Frank L ^a   Tilford, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINORITY GROUPS; MISSISSIPPI; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25144493258     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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