Determinants of emergency department use: Are race and ethnicity important?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 677-682

  Baker, D W ^a   Stevens, C D ^a   Brook, R H ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0029807989     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70093-8     Document Type: Article

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