Proximity Does Not Equal Access: Racial Disparities in Access to High Quality Dialysis Facilities

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-299

  Saunders, Milda R ^a,b   Lee, Haena ^a,c   Maene, Chieko ^c   Schuble, Todd ^c   Cagney, Kathleen A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d The University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Hemodialysis; Quality of care; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959484474     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-014-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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