Perceived Discrimination and Privilege in Health Care: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Race

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages S86-S94

  Stepanikova, Irena ^a,b   Oates, Gabriela R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RACISM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PERCEPTION; RACISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008227628     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.09.024     Document Type: Article

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