Service provider perceptions of long-term care access in American Indian and Alaska native communities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1340-1353

  Goins, R Turner ^a   Bogart, Andy ^a   Roubideaux, Yvette ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Alaska Native; American Indian; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONG-TERM CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649600697     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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