Barriers to care in an ethnically diverse publicly insured population: Is health care reform enough?

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 720-727

  Call, Kathleen T ^a   McAlpine, Donna D ^a   Garcia, Carolyn M ^b   Shippee, Nathan ^a   Beebe, Timothy ^c   Adeniyi, Titilope Cole ^a   Shippee, Tetyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

access; barriers; disparities; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HMONG (PEOPLE); HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84904500885     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000172     Document Type: Article

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