Health insurance instability among older immigrants: Region of origin disparities in coverage

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-313

  Reyes, Adriana M ^a   Hardy, Melissa ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Health Insurance; Immigration; Region of origin

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924367091     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu218     Document Type: Article

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