Variations in healthcare access and utilization among Mexican immigrants: The role of documentation status

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-155

  Vargas Bustamante, Arturo ^a   Fang, Hai ^b   Garza, Jeremiah ^a   Carter Pokras, Olivia ^c   Wallace, Steven P ^d   Rizzo, John A ^e   Ortega, Alexander N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; And evaluation; Delivery of health; Emigrants and immigrants; Health care quality; Health care reform; Healthcare disparities; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; Quality of health care; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860557163     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9406-9     Document Type: Article

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