Accounting for apparent "reverse" racial disparities in department of veterans affairs (VA) - based medical care: Influence of Out-of-VA care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2076-2078

  Gurmankin, Andrea D ^a,c   Polsky, Daniel ^a   Volpp, Kevin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9644277050     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2076     Document Type: Article

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