Disparities in public use data availability for race, ethnic, and immigrant groups: National surveys for healthcare disparities research

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1122-1127

  Johnson, Pamela Jo ^a   Blewett, Lynn A ^a   Davern, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; health disparities; health insurance; race ethnicity; survey data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650177749     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef984e     Document Type: Article

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