Ascertaining variation in hospitalization risk among immigrants using small area analysis

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^a   Khan, Kamran ^a   Pallin, Daniel J ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746850172     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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