Conceptualizing and categorizing race and ethnicity in health services research

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1658-1675

  Ford, Marvella E ^a   Kelly, P Adam ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Measurement; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOLDIER;

ACCULTURATION; CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444458889     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Review

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