Potentially avoidable hospitalizations in Tennessee: Analysis of prevalence disparities associated with gender, race, and insurance

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-137

  Chang, Cyril F ^a   Pope, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENNESSEE;

EID: 67650096559     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400116     Document Type: Article

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