Suppression of racial disparities for children with special health care needs among families receiving Medicaid

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1263-1270

  Rose, Roderick A ^a   Parish, Susan L ^a   Yoo, Joan ^b   Grady, Melissa D ^a   Powell, Sarah E ^a   Hicks Sangster, Tamara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children with special health care needs; Health insurance; Medicaid; Mental health; Race; Racial disparities; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950960413     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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