Visits to specialists under medicare: Socioeconomic advantage and access to care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-169

  Blustein, Jan ^a   Weiss, Linda J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access to care; African american; Elderly; Medicare; Socioeconomic status; Specialist care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032057654     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0451     Document Type: Article

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