Assimilation and health service utilization of Korean immigrant women

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1528-1540

  Son, Juyeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian people cultures; focus groups; health care, transcultural; immigrants migrants; quality of care; trust

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN PEOPLE / CULTURES; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE, TRANSCULTURAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANTS / MIGRANTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF CARE; SOUTH KOREA; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASIAN PEOPLE / CULTURES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE, TRANSCULTURAL; IMMIGRANTS / MIGRANTS; QUALITY OF CARE; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WISCONSIN; WOMEN;

EID: 84886831092     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313507142     Document Type: Article

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