Race and preventive services delivery among black patients and white patients seen in primary care

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1260-1266

  Williams, Robert L ^a   Flocke, Susan A ^b   Stange, Kurt C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Black patients; Health services research; Preventive health services; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035514430     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200111000-00012     Document Type: Article

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