Black-White Disparities in Health Care

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 17, 1990, Pages 2344-2346

 

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DISADVANTAGED; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALES; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INFANTS; JUSTICE; MALES; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BLACKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0025327310     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440170066038     Document Type: Article

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