Health disparities between appalachian and non-appalachian counties in Virginia USA

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-356

  McGarvey, Elizabeth L ^a   Leon Verdin, Maguadalupe ^a   Killos, Lydia F ^b   Guterbock, Thomas ^b   Cohn, Wendy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Ethnicity; Health care utilization; Health perceptions; Health status; Poverty; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79956123263     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9315-9     Document Type: Article

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