Residential Segregation and Access to Surgical Care by Minority Populations in US Counties

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1022

  Hayanga, Awori Jeremiah ^a   Kaiser, Heather E ^b   Sinha, Rakhi ^b   Berenholtz, Sean M ^b   Makary, Marty ^b   Chang, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349193274     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.047     Document Type: Article

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