Racial gaps in child health insurance coverage in four south American countries: The role of wealth, human capital, and other household characteristics

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2119-2138

  Wehby, George L ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^b   McCarthy, Ann Marie ^c   Castilla, Eduardo E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

child health; Health insurance; racial disparities; socioeconomic disparities; South America

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPITAL; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PEDIATRICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ECUADOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855218265     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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