Access to care among displaced Mississippi residents in FEMA travel trailer parks two years after Katrina

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Shehab, Nadine ^a,b   Anastario, Michael P ^c,d   Lawry, Lynn ^a,e,f  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^e Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349099944     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w416     Document Type: Article

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