Health care access among individuals involved in same-sex relationships

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1111-1118

  Heck, Julia E ^a   Sell, Randall L ^a   Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Thorndike 954 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744748651     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.062661     Document Type: Article

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