The impact of race and ethnicity on care in the pediatric emergency department

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Riera, Antonio ^a   Walker, David M ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department utilization; Healthcare disparity; Interpreter services; Pediatric emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77953125442     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833973a5     Document Type: Review

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