Race and hospital discharge against medical advice

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 658-660

  Moy, Ernest ^a   Bartman, Barbara A ^a  

^a Dept of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Hospital discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030265572     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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