Can America's urban safety net systems be a solution to unequal treatment?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 766-778

  Eisert, Sheri L ^a,b   Mehler, Philip S ^a   Gabow, Patricia A ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Diabetes; Disparities; Hypertension; Safety net

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 56149110127     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9296-5     Document Type: Review

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