Continuing need for sexually transmitted disease clinics after the affordable care act

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S690-S695

  Hoover, Karen W ^a   Parsell, Bradley W ^b   Leichliter, Jami S ^a   Habel, Melissa A ^a   Tao, Guoyu ^a   Pearson, William S ^a   Gift, Thomas L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946744900     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302839     Document Type: Article

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