Potentially avoidable hospitalizations: Inequalities in rates between US socioeconomic groups

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 811-816

  Pappas, Gregory ^a,b   Hadden, Wilbur C ^a   Kozak, Lola Jean ^a   Fisher, Gail F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NCHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GANGRENE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; PNEUMONIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031001054     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.811     Document Type: Article

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