Utilizing new prescription drugs: Disparities among non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanic whites

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1499-1519

  Wang, Junling ^a   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^b   Miller, Nancy A ^c   Shaya, Fadia T ^b   Noel, Jason M ^b   Mullins, C Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; New prescription drugs; Race; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34247375704     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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