Difference, disparity, and disability: A comparison of health, insurance coverage, and health service use on the basis of race/ethnicity among US adults with disabilities, 2006-2008

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages S9-S16

  Gulley, Stephen P ^a,b   Rasch, Elizabeth K ^b   Chan, Leighton ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled persons; Health care disparities; Health services accessibility; Population groups; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; RACE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908472547     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000129     Document Type: Article

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