Racial disparities in medical expenditures within body weight categories

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 780-786

  Ma, Sai ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^a   Bleich, Sara ^a   Dubay, Lisa ^b  

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

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

body weight; disparity; medical expenditures; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; OFFICE VISITS; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862669896     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1983-3     Document Type: Review

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