Collecting adequate data on racial and ethnic disparities in health: The challenges continue

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 383-391

  Bilheimer, Linda T ^a   Sisk, Jane E ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NCHS Division of Health Care Statistics

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT;

ACCULTURATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749116597     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.383     Document Type: Article

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