Improving access to health care for undocumented immigrants in the United States

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages S508-S514

  Wallace, Steven P ^a   Rodriguez, Michael ^a   Padilla Frausto, Imelda ^a   Arredondo, Armando ^b   Orozco, Emanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health services accessibility; Insurance health United States; Medically uninsured; Mexico; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; TELEMEDICINE; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; WORKER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEXICO; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS;

EID: 84899882690     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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