The admission of blacks to high-deficiency nursing homes

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 456-464

  Grabowski, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b RPHB 330 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Long term care; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542471648     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124307.17380.df     Document Type: Article

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