Who you are and where you live race and the geography of healthcare

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-137

  Chandra, Amitabh ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEGRO; NOTE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049098882     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31819a4c5e     Document Type: Editorial

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