Racial/ethnic disparities in access to physician care and medications among US stroke survivors

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Levine, D A ^a,b   Neidecker, M V ^a,c   Kiefe, C I ^d   Karve, S ^a,e   Williams, L S ^f   Allison, J J ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Informagenics LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751626088     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318203e952     Document Type: Article

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