Racial disparities in geographic access to primary care in philadelphia

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1374-1381

  Brown, Elizabeth J ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^b   Barbu, Corentin M ^c   Seymour, Jane W ^d   Grande, David ^e  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DRIVE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHILADELPHIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACISM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982299829     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1612     Document Type: Article

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