Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 18 (2), 146-152
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20532.x
Abstract
African Americans and Latinos use services that require a doctor’s order at lower rates than do whites. Racial bias and patient preferences contribute to disparities, but their effects appear small....Keywords
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