Medicare Treatment Differences for Blacks and Whites

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1173-1189

  Lee, A James ^a   Gehlbach, Stephen ^b   Hosmer, David ^b   Reti, Monika ^a   Baker, Colin S ^a  

^a Ctr for Health Economics Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Discrimination; Medicare; Methodology; Practice patterns

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PREJUDICE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031308292     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199712000-00002     Document Type: Article

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