Research letters: The great recession and racial and ethnic disparities in health services use

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-317

  Mortensen, Karoline ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; ADOLESCENT; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874908957     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1414     Document Type: Letter

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