Racial disparities in the quality of care for enrollees in medicare managed care

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1288-1294

  Schneider, Eric C ^a,b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^c   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037070525     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.10.1288     Document Type: Article

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