Driven to tiers: Socioeconomic and racial disparities in the quality of nursing home care

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-256

  Mor, Vincent ^a   Zinn, Jacqueline ^b   Angelelli, Joseph ^c   Teno, Joan M ^d,e   Miller, Susan C ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; POLICY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3342903495     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378X.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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