Increased patient delays in care after the closure of Martin Luther King hospital: Implications for monitoring health system changes

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-360

  Walker, Kara Odom ^a   Leng, Mei ^b   Liang, Li Jung ^b   Forge, Nell ^c   Morales, Leo ^d   Jones, Loretta ^e   Brown, Arleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Healthy African American Families II HAAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Delays in care; Hospital closure; Older minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80054874374     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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