Do minority patients use lower quality hospitals?

Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-220

  Gaskin, Darrell J ^a   Spencer, Christine S ^b   Richard, Patrick ^c   Anderson, Gerard ^b,d   Powe, Neil R ^e,f   LaVeist, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ctr for Hosp Fin and Management   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84856343944     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_48.03.06     Document Type: Article

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