Implications of Changing Public Charge Immigration Rules for Children Who Need Medical Care

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Zallman, Leah ^a,b,c   Finnegan, Karen E ^c   Himmelstein, David U ^b,c,d   Touw, Sharon ^a   Woolhandler, Steffie ^b,c,d  

^a Institute for Community Health   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EAR DISEASE; EAR INFECTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THROAT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 85068264385     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1744     Document Type: Review

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