Transportation barriers to accessing health care for urban children

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 928-943

  Yang, Serena ^a   Zarr, Robert L ^b   Kass Hout, Taha A ^c   Kourosh, Atoosa ^d   Kelly, Nancy R ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Unity Health Care Inc   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child health; Transportation; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845637340     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0137     Document Type: Article

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