Racial, ethnic, and affluence differences in elderly patients' use of teaching hospitals

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 696-703

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Medical education; Race; Resource use; Small area variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036042997     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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