Racially disproportionate admission rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in North Carolina

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-372

  Howard, Daniel L ^a   Hakeem, Farrukh B ^a   Njue, Christopher ^a   Carey, Timothy ^b   Jallah, Yhenneko ^a  

^a SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 34250379205     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200310     Document Type: Article

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