Racial disparities in access to long-term care: The illusive pursuit of equity

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-881

  Smith, David Barton ^a,b   Feng, Zhanlian ^d   Fennell, Mary L ^c   Zinn, Jacqueline ^b   Mor, Vincent ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; PARITY; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54749143652     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2008-022     Document Type: Article

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