Race/ethnicity, insurance, income and access to care: The influence of health status

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Tze Fang ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^c   Nie, Xiaoyu ^b   Zhu, Jinsheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Access; Health status; Income; Insurance; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVEY METHOD;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877275170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-29     Document Type: Article

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