Validation of a Neighborhood SES Index in a Managed Care Organization

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roblin, Douglas W ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

managed care organizations; neighborhoods; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871622590     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182349b97     Document Type: Article

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