Does place explain racial health disparities? Quantifying the contribution of residential context to the Black/white health gap in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1258-1268

  Do, D Phuong ^b   Finch, Brian Karl ^a   Basurto Davila, Ricardo ^c   Bird, Chloe ^c   Escarce, Jose ^c   Lurie, Nicole ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Neighborhood effects; Racial disparities; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; RACISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649085255     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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