Factors associated with having a usual source of care in an ethnically diverse sample of Asian American adults

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 833-841

  Chang, Eva ^a   Chan, Kitty S ^a   Han, Hae Ra ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; Asian American ethnicity; immigration; usual source of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIETNAMESE (PEOPLE);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906081409     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000187     Document Type: Article

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