Toward a policy-relevant analysis of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in child health

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-333

  Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^a   Osypuk, Theresa L ^b   McArdle, Nancy ^c   Williams, David R ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Society Human Development and Health ^*

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749096785     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.321     Document Type: Review

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