Insurance among patients seeking care at a municipal sexually transmitted disease clinic: Implications for health care reform in The United States

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 227-232

  Stephens, Sally C ^a   Cohen, Stephanie E ^a   Philip, Susan S ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897827668     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000109     Document Type: Article

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