The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Johnson, Pamela Jo ^a   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a   Blewett, Lynn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049100274     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.148908     Document Type: Article

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