Socioeconomic, geospatial, and geopolitical disparities in access to health care in the US 2011–2015

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Towne, Samuel D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Environmental and social predictors; Health disparities; Place based disparities

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; GEOPOLITICS; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DATA;

ADULT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020046938     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060573     Document Type: Article

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