Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban area

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2011-2020

  Nandi, Arijit ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Lopez, Gerald ^c   Nandi, Vijay ^d   Strongarone, Stacey ^c   Ompad, Danielle C ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 55249126607     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.096222     Document Type: Article

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