The demand for healthcare among racial/ethnic subpopulations

Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 867-890

  Freiman, Marc P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Healthcare use and expenditures; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031760209     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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