Who is at greatest risk for receiving poor-quality health care? [11]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2617-2618

  Geiger, H Jack ^a   Betancourt, Joseph R ^b   Williams, David R ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; RACE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MANPOWER; REIMBURSEMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; MINORITY GROUPS; SELECTION BIAS; FAMILY PRACTICE; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES;

EID: 33745099696     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc061028     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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