Changes in medical care experiences of racial and ethnic groups in the United States, 1996-2002

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-670

  Shi, Leiyu ^a,b,c   Macinko, James ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749210005     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.38.4.e     Document Type: Article

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