Health care access and utilization among Latino immigrants

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Coffman, Maren J ^a   Shobe, Marcia A ^a   Dmochowski, Jacek ^a   Fox, Shanna D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care access; Health care utilization; Health literacy; Hispanic Latino

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149357850     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/154041507780978923     Document Type: Article

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