Effects of race and income on mortality and use of services among medicare beneficiaries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 791-799

  Gornick, Marian E ^a   Eggers, Paul W ^a   Reilly, Thomas W ^a   Mentnech, Renee M ^a   Fitterman, Leslye K ^a   Kucken, Lawrence E ^a   Vladeck, Bruce C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMERICAS; BLACKS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029835263     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351106     Document Type: Article

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