Racial/ethnic disparities and consumer activation in health

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1442-1453

  Hibbard, Judith H ^a   Greene, Jessica ^a   Becker, Edmund R ^b   Roblin, Douglas ^c   Painter, Michael W ^d   Perez, Debra J ^e   Burbank Schmitt, Edith ^e   Tusler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e RWJF ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54349103972     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1442     Document Type: Article

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