Disparities in access to health care and health status between documented and undocumented Mexican immigrants in North Texas

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Urrutia Rojas, Ximena ^a   Marshall, Khiya ^a   Trevino, Elizabeth ^a   Lurie, Sue Gena ^a   Minguia Bayona, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Disparities; Health status; Immigrant; Undocumented

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750395964     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/hhci.4.1.5     Document Type: Article

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