Are there patient disparities when electronic health records are adopted?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 473-488

  Hing, Esther ^a   Burt, Catharine W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Minorities; Poor; Primary care providers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649400895     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0143     Document Type: Article

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