Achieving Equity in an Evolving Healthcare System: Opportunities and Challenges

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-43

  Williams, Joni Strom ^a   Walker, Rebekah J ^a,b   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health equity

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RACE; UNITED STATES; WORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963516795     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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