Access to Medical Care for Black and White Americans: A Matter of Continuing Concern

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 278-281

  Blendon, Robert J ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^b   Freeman, Howard E ^c   Corey, Christopher R ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLACKS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0024500080     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420020132045     Document Type: Article

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