Rural community-dwelling elders's reports of access to care: Are there Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white disparities?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-220

  Borders, Tyrone F ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONSUMER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 3042733000     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00031.x     Document Type: Review

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