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Title: Achieving Equitable Access
Condition: New
Description: In the past thirty years, the United States has made remarkable progress in reducing barriers in access to health care faced by racial and ethnic minority Americans. Most minority Americans born in the 1950s have vivid memories of 'separate and unequal' health facilities. By the 1980s, overt and blatant barriers to care were uncommon. In spite of the progress achieved, recent studies continue to provide evidence that minority Americans experience differential access to health coverage and to some health procedures. To investigate these differentials, contributors to this volume were asked to examine the health care experiences of nonelderly Hispanics and African-Americans within a nationally representative data source: the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Through this effort, the authors document the extent to which barriers to access persist and provide insight on possible explanations for variations in access. This volume will provide policymakers, practitioners, and advocates with an objective base of important information to guide decision-making about health care policy.
Author: Ana Alfaro-Carera, Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Wilhelmina Leigh
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
EAN: 9780761803782
Format: Paperback
Genre: Society & Culture
ISBN: 9780761803782
ISBN-10: 0761803785
Item Height: 227mm
Item Length: 149mm
Item Weight: 331g
Item Width: 17mm
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date: 25/09/1996
Subtitle: Studies of Health Care Issues Affecting Hispanics and African-Americans
Topic: Social Sciences, Medicine
Release Year: 1996

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