Disparities in hospitalizations of rural American Indians

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 626-636

  Korenbrot, Carol C ^a   Ehlers, Sara ^a   Crouch, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Rural Indian Health Board   (United States)

Author keywords

ACSC; American Indians; Avoidable hospitalizations; Health services access; Health services indicators; Health services utilization; Hospitalizations; Native Americans; Preventable hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0038656485     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200305000-00010     Document Type: Article

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