A program to improve access to health care among Mexican immigrants in rural Colorado

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-264

  De Jesus Diaz Perez, Maria ^a   Farley, Tillman ^a   Cabanis, Clara Martin ^a  

^a Salud Family Health Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3042858655     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00037.x     Document Type: Review

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