Health Care Disparities in Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1176-1183

  Cone, David C ^a   Richardson, Lynne D ^b   Todd, Knox H ^c   Betancourt, Joseph R ^d   Lowe, Robert A ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial ethnic disparities; Socioeconomic status; Workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0242581673     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00486-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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