Addressing Health Care Needs of the Latino Community: One Medical Schoolʼs Approach
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15 صفحه اولHealth care access, utilization, and needs in a predominantly Latino immigrant community in Providence, Rhode Island.
MOre than 46 MIllIOn peOple In the us lack health insurance, as do 140,000 Rhode Islanders (16% of the state’s population under age 65). Most of the state’s uninsured are low income working adults, and thirtyeight percent are low-income childless adults who are not currently eligible for Medicaid. The number of uninsured individuals has been rising in the region, due to decreases in employer-ba...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e318159cccf