Persistent disparities in health insurance coverage: Hispanic children, 1996 to 2005

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1181-1191

  Van Wie, Alissa ^a   Ziegenfuss, Jeanette ^b,c   Blewett, Lynn A ^d   Davern, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UM SPH   (United States)

^c State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)   (United States)

^d SHADAC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health insurance coverage; Hispanic; SCHIP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149184510     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0069     Document Type: Article

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