Disparities in health care by race, ethnicity, and language among the insured: Findings from a national sample

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-59

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,d   Franks, Peter ^b   Doescher, Mark P ^c   Saver, Barry G ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Highland Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Ethnicity; Health care; Hispanic patients; Minority populations; Preventive care; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BLACKS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WHITES;

EID: 0036134623     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200201000-00007     Document Type: Article

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