Reducing disparities in access to primary care and patient satisfaction with care: The role of health centers

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-66

  Shi, Leiyu ^a   Lebrun Harris, Lydie A ^b   Daly, Charles A ^b   Sharma, Ravi ^b   Sripipatana, Alek ^b   Seiji Hayashi, A ^b   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health centers; Insurance; Primary care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873448109     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0022     Document Type: Article

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