Factors associated with health service utilization patterns in low-income women

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 180-199

  Weinreb, Linda ^a   Perloff, Jennifer ^b   Goldberg, Robert ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Hosmer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income; Service use; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644759296     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0036     Document Type: Article

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