Access to health care for nonmetro and metro Latinos of Mexican origin in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 647-654

  Berdahl, Terceira A ^a   Kirby, James B ^a   Stone, Rosalie A Torres ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Health disparities; Hispanic Latino; Race and ethnicity; Underserved population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34250699117     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180536734     Document Type: Article

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