Access to care for U.S. health center patients and patients nationally: How do the most vulnerable populations fare?

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-213

  Shi, Leiyu ^a   Stevens, Gregory D ^b   Politzer, Robert M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Access to care; Community health centers; Medicaid; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33847198331     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000252160.21428.24     Document Type: Article

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