Factors Associated With Health Care Access and Outcome

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 506-530

  Paek, Min So ^a   Lim, Jung Won ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American ethnic minority; health care access; health perception; health risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863843998     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.671244     Document Type: Article

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