The effects of rural residence and other social vulnerabilities on subjective measures of unmet need

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 617-628

  Mayer, Michelle L ^a   Slifkin, Rebecca T ^a   Skinner, Asheley Cockrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children with special health care needs; Perceived need for health care; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTHER; NONRESPONSE BIAS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; INFANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644814875     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705279315     Document Type: Article

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