Racial differences in end-of-life care for patients with AIDS

AIDS and Public Policy Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 136-148

  Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a   Walkup, James ^a   McSpiritt, Elizabeth ^a   Warner, Lynn ^a   Castle, Nicholas ^a   Crystal, Stephen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGE; NEW JERSEY; PAIN; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINAL CARE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0034353791     PISSN: 08873852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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