Differences between symptom-specific and general survey questions of unmet need in measuring insurance and racial/ethnic disparities in access to care

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 842-850

  Cunningham, Peter J ^a   Hadley, Jack ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disparities; Insurance; Measurement; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548085927     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318053678f     Document Type: Article

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