New Mexico community voices: Policy reform to reduce oral health disparities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 95-110

  Powell, Wayne ^a   Hollis, Christine ^b   De La Rosa, Mario ^c   Helitzer, Deborah L ^b   Derksen, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health planning; Community health services; Health care reform; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Medically underserved area; Oral health; Rural health

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DENTAL CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEW MEXICO; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644784777     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0013     Document Type: Article

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