Residential segregation and the survival of U.S. urban public hospitals

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-260

  Ko, Michelle ^a   Needleman, Jack ^b   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^c   Laugesen, Miriam J ^d   Ponce, Ninez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital closures and conversions; public hospitals; residential segregation; safety net

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKET; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; RACISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899871057     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558713515079     Document Type: Review

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