Access to health and health care: How race and ethnicity matter

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-177

  Richardson, Lynne D ^a   Norris, Marlaina ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Disparities in health care; Ethnic disparities; Health disparities; Institutional racism; Racial disparities; Residential segregation; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEW YORK; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77949812871     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20174     Document Type: Article

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