Characteristics of acute care hospitals with diversity plans and translation services

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-62

  Moseley, Charles B ^a   Shen, Jay J ^a   Ginn, Gregory O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RACE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953130527     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: 19447396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-201101000-00008     Document Type: Article

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