Racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to primary care among people with chronic conditions

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-198

  Shi, Leiyu ^a   Chen, Chien Chou ^b   Nie, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhu, Jinsheng ^a   Hu, Ruwei ^a,c  

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

^b LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Chronic disease; Health care disparities; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; USUAL SOURCE OF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896793094     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.130246     Document Type: Article

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