Segregation and disparities in health services use

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-589

  Gaskin, Darrell J ^a,e   Price, Adrian ^b   Brandon, Dwayne T ^c   Laveist, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Minority health; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MINORITY HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70149125222     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709336445     Document Type: Article

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