Differences in access to outpatient medical care for black and white adults in the rural south

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-438

  Pathman, Donald E ^a,b   Fowler Brown, Angela ^a,b,c   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Ambulatory care; Availability of health services; Blacks; Racial health disparities; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646764596     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000207487.85689.a8     Document Type: Article

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