Racial segregation and differential outcomes in hospital care

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-757

  Clarke, Sean P ^a   Davis, Bertha L ^b   Nailon, Regina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Hospital mortality; Outcomes research; Pennsylvania; Racial disparities; Racial segregation; Virginia

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34548522346     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945907303167     Document Type: Article

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