The vexing problem of health inequalities in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 215-217

  Lichtenstein, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923916624     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000332     Document Type: Note

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