Access to and use of health care services among Latinos in east Los Angeles and Boyle heights

Family and Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-71

  Alcalá, Héctor E ^a   Albert, Stephanie L ^a   Trabanino, Shawn K ^a   Garcia, Rosa Elena ^a   Glik, Deborah C ^a   Prelip, Michael L ^a   Ortega, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; health care disparities; health services; insurance

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84948464607     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: 15505057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000090     Document Type: Article

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