Comparisons of changes over time in per capita health expenditures across racial and ethnic groups

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 172-189

  Wang, Junling ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^b   Chang, Cyril F ^b   Gourley, Dick R ^a   Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^b   Cushman, William C ^c   Dagogo Jack, Samuel ^b   White Means, Shelley I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b 312 Fogelman Clsrm Bldg ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes; Disparities; Ethnicity; Health expenditures; Per capita; Public policy; Race; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956388775     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.035123     Document Type: Article

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