Monitoring change in health disparity

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-486

  Pearcy, Jeffrey N ^a   Keppel, Kenneth G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Healthy people; Race ethnicity; Rate of change; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149097958     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000333884.30023.d6     Document Type: Article

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