Achieving Health Equity: An Incremental Journey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1619-1621

  Ibrahim, Said A ^a,b,d   Thomas, Stephen B ^a,c   Fine, Michael J ^a,b  

^a VA Ctr for Hlth Equity Res/Prom   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF MONITORING; SOCIETY; WELLBEING; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642285294     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1619     Document Type: Editorial

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