Health, healthcare utilization, and satisfaction with service: Barriers and facilitators for older Korean Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1613-1617

  Jang, Yuri ^a,b   Kim, Giyeon ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare utilization; Older Korean Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL; KOREA; LANGUAGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744564348     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53518.x     Document Type: Article

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