Ethnoracial inequality and insurance coverage among Latino young adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-158

  Terriquez, Veronica ^a   Joseph, Tiffany D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act (ACA); Health care; Health reform; Immigration; Latinos; Transitions to adulthood

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; IMMIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; LEGISLATION; POLICY REFORM; RACIAL DISPARITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CALIFORNIA; COLLEGE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

EID: 84988005887     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.039     Document Type: Article

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