Race/ethnic discrimination and preventive service utilization in a sample of whites, blacks, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 870-876

  Benjamins, Maureen R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; discrimination; disparities; ethnicity; preventive health care; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866526038     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825a8c63     Document Type: Article

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