Disparities in access to care among rural working-age adults

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-205

  Glover, Saundra ^a,b   Moore, Charity G ^a,b   Probst, Janice C ^a,b   Samuels, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b S Carolina Rural Hlth Res Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042751478     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00029.x     Document Type: Article

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