Racial/Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Health Care Use and Access

Health Services Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1407-1429

  Manuel, Jennifer I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; gender; race ethnicity; Utilization access of services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DATA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDY DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018445089     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12705     Document Type: Article

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