Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Wheeler, Sarahn M ^a   Bryant, Allison S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Health care; Inequity; Race

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85012237832     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: 15580474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2016.10.001     Document Type: Review

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