The role of income and race/ethnicity in experiences with medical care in the United States and United Kingdom

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-695

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Bhatt, Mehul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749203392     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.38.4.f     Document Type: Article

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