Intersection of living in a rural versus urban area and race/ethnicity in explaining access to health care in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1463-1469

  Caldwell, Julia T ^a,b   Ford, Chandra L ^a   Wallace, Steven P ^a   Wang, May C ^a   Takahashi, Lois M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHOLESTEROL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978204502     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303212     Document Type: Article

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