Racial residential segregation and access to health-care coverage: A multilevel analysis

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-158

  Anderson, Kathryn Freeman ^a   Fullerton, Andrew S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health care; Race ethnicity; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906317655     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0275-4959(2012)0000030009     Document Type: Article

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