Medicaid Managed Care and Racial Disparities in AIDS Treatment

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-132

  Guwani, James M ^a   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 15044348298     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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