State-level health care access and use among children in US immigrant families

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1996-2003

  Yu, Stella M ^a,c   Huang, Zhihuan J ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^a  

^a HRSA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; CHILD WELFARE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249101221     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117911     Document Type: Article

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