Race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and foregone health care in the United States in the 2007-2009 recession

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Burgard, Sarah A ^a   Hawkins, Jaclynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893389485     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301512     Document Type: Article

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