Health care access among Latinos: Implications for social and health care reforms

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-60

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic care model; Community health workers; Cultural competency; Health care; Health insurance; Hispanic; Immigration; Latinos; Medical interpreters

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149096470     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192709349917     Document Type: Article

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