Immigrant children's reliance on public health insurance in the wake of immigration reform

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2004-2010

  Pati, Susmita ^a,b,c   Danagoulian, Shooshan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CHOP   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL CARE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249110194     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.125773     Document Type: Article

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