Do children in rural areas still have different access to health care? Results from a statewide survey of oregon's food stamp population

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a   Krois, Lisa ^b   Stenger, Rob ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office for Oregon Health and Policy

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; OREGON; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 58049141605     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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