Parental english proficiency and children's health services access

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1449-1455

  Yu, Stella M ^a   Huang, Z Jennifer ^c   Schwalberg, Renee H ^b   Nyman, Rebecca M ^c  

^a Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^b Health Systems Research Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33746667329     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069500     Document Type: Article

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