Ethnic disparities in access to care in post-apartheid South Africa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2272-2277

  Kon, Zeida R ^a   Lackan, Nuha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARKET; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRACY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 57149084681     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.127829     Document Type: Article

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