Perspective: Making a difference in differences for the health inequalities of individuals

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1235-1237

  Miller, Tom ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 35148854533     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1235     Document Type: Review

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1. In otherwords, it's not just "where themoney is," but how long it stays in one place.
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3. Ibid., 19.
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8. See T. Miller, "Measuring Distributive Injustice on a Different Scale," Law and Contemporary Problems 69, no. 4 (2006): 233-235.
9. Miller, "Measuring Distributive Injustice," 232.
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16. Given current geographic variation in practice styles, access to specialized services, and hospital quality, "where" one is treated often determines "how" effectively one is treated once there.
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