Inequality in quality: Addressing socioeconomic, racial and ethnic disparities in health care

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2579-2584

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,d   Franks, Peter ^a   Gold, Marthe R ^b   Clancy, Carolyn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d Family Medicine Center Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034679055     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.19.2579     Document Type: Review

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