Population characteristics of markets of safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-370

  Gaskin, Darrellj ^a   Hadley, Jack ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital markets; Minority health; Safety net hospitals; Urban hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; MARKET; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032868689     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345673     Document Type: Article

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