Health status and access to health care services: A comparison between Ohio's rural non-Appalachian and Appalachian families

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Smith, Laureen H ^a,b   Holloman, Christopher H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 342 Newton Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; Appalachia; child health; obesity; rural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; APPALACHIAN REGION; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79952965100     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31820de961     Document Type: Article

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