Explaining the persistence of health disparities: Social stratification and the efficiency-equity trade-off in the kidney transplantation system

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1595-1640

  Daw, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937010758     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681961     Document Type: Article

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