Financial barriers to care among low-income children with asthma: Health care reform implications

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 649-656

  Fung, Vicki ^a,b   Graetz, Ilana ^c,d   Galbraith, Alison ^b   Hamity, Courtnee ^c,e   Huang, Jie ^c   Vollmer, William M ^f   Hsu, John ^a,b   Wu, Ann Chen ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FINANCIAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SHARING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY;

EID: 84904206030     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.79     Document Type: Article

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