'We don't carry that' - Failure of pharmacies in predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods to stock opioid analgesics

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1023-1026

  Morrison, R Sean ^a   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^a   Natale, Dana K ^a   Senzel, Richard S ^a   Huang, Lo Li ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; NEW YORK CITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SCARCITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURVEY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PHARMACIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034611680     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004063421406     Document Type: Review

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