Access to and use of eye care services in rural Arkansas

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-35

  Kilmer, Greta ^a   Bynum, Latonya ^b   Balamurugan, Appathurai ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Arkansas; Eye care; Insurance; Rural; Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARKANSAS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73649086597     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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