Access to and utilization of health care by subgroups of latino children

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 695-699

  Perez, Victor H ^a,b,d   Fang, Hai ^c   Inkelas, Moira ^a,d   Kuo, Alice A ^a,b   Ortega, Alexander N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Latino children; Race and ethnicity; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CUBA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67449083884     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190d9e4     Document Type: Article

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