Statistical Approaches to Assessing Health and Healthcare Disparities

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 500-508

  Eberly, Lynn E ^a   Cunanan, Kristen ^a   Gurvich, Olga ^b   Savik, Kay ^b   Bliss, Donna Z ^b   Wyman, Jean F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Healthcare disparities; Pressure ulcers; Racial ethnic disparities; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84947045206     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21679     Document Type: Article

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