The declining impact of race and insurance status on hormone replacement therapy

Menopause

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Stafford, Randall S ^a   Saglam, Demet ^a   Causino, Nancyanne ^a   Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Insurance status; Medical practice variations; Race

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031717889     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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