Improving access to primary care for a growing Latino population: The role of safety net providers in the rural Midwest

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Blewett, Lynn A ^a   Casey, Michelle ^b   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IOWA; KANSAS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEBRASKA; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3042773834     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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