Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of high-volume hospitals

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-338

  Gray, Bradford H ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^b   Siegfried, Shannon Mitchell ^c   Horowitz, Emily ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Francis College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CAUCASIAN; CITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449727072     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.03.322     Document Type: Article

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