Tough times, tough choices: The impact of the rising medical costs on the U.S. Latino electorate's health care-seeking behaviors

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1383-1398

  Medeiros, Jillian A ^a   Sanchez, Gabriel R ^a   Burciaga Valdez, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of health care; Health care; Health insurance; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84871336848     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0183     Document Type: Article

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