Inequitable funding may cause health care disparities

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1226-1228

  Bailey, James E ^a   Sprabery, Laura R ^b  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BUDGETS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347253550     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.12.1226     Document Type: Editorial

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