Achieving health equity in America

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Satcher, David ^a   Rust, George ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health equity; Health outcomes; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFESTYLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750714014     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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