Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care

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dc.contributor.authorMayberry, Robert M
dc.contributor.authorMili, Fatima
dc.contributor.authorOfili, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:14Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:14Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractThe authors’ review of the health services literature since the release of the landmark Report of the Secretary’s Task Force Report of Black and Minority Health in 1985 revealed significant differences in access to medical care by race and ethnicity within certain disease categories and types of health services. The differences are not explained by such factors as socioeconomic status (SES), insurance coverage, stage or severity of disease, comorbidities, type and availability of health care services, and patient preferences. Under certain circumstances when important variables are controlled, racial and ethnic disparities in access are reduced and may disappear. Nonetheless, the literature shows that racial and ethnic disparities persist in significant measure for several disease categories and service types. The complex challenge facing current and future researchers is to understand the basis for such disparities and to determine why disparities are apparent in some but not other disease categories and service types.
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/content/57/suppl_1/108.short
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/bxgp-a2qm
dc.identifier.citationMayberry, Robert M and Mili, Fatima and Ofili, Elizabeth (2000) Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care. Medical Care Research and Review, 57 (S1). pp. 108-145.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 421
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22525
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectCardiovascular Disease
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectHypertension
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectservice
dc.subjectracial
dc.subjectethnic
dc.subjectaccess
dc.subjectmedical care
dc.subjecthealth care services
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.subjectSES
dc.subjectinsurance coverage
dc.subjectdisease
dc.subjectcomorbidities
dc.subjectavailability
dc.subjectdisparities
dc.titleRacial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care
dc.typeArticle

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