Health insurance coverage and medical expenditures of immigrants and native-born citizens in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1322-1328

  Ku, Leighton ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650744719     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144733     Document Type: Article

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