The potential impact of comparative effectiveness research on the health of minority populations

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2098-2104

  Daniel Mullins, C ^a   Onukwugha, Eberechukwu ^a   Cooke, Jesse L ^b   Hussain, Arif ^c   Baquet, Claudia R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952277271     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0612     Document Type: Article

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