Health Care Inequities: An Introduction for Dermatology Providers

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-107

  Sauaia, Angela ^a   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Melanoma; Minorities; Poverty; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MELANOMA; NEGRO; NUTRITION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACISM; REVIEW; SEXISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POVERTY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 61549107954     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2008.12.001     Document Type: Review

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