Preventive and curative care utilization among Mexican immigrant women in Birmingham, AL

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-989

  Hidalgo, Bertha ^a   Garcés Palacio, Isabel C ^b   Scarinci, Isabel ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behaviors; Health care utilization; Latina; Mexican immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALABAMA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871980591     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9594-6     Document Type: Article

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