Will racial and ethnic disparities in health be resolved primarily outside of standard medical care?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-225

  Pincus, Theodore ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

EID: 3543059330     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-3-200408030-00014     Document Type: Review

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