Health care access and use among the rural uninsured

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1327-1345

  Ziller, Erika C ^a   Lenardson, Jennifer D ^b   Coburn, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Director of Population Health and Health Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Medically uninsured; Rural health; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864442104     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0100     Document Type: Article

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