Racial/Ethnic disparities in health care: lessons from medicine for dentistry.
To describe what is known about racial disparities in provided health care and to better understand the dynamics of this issue within dentistry, this article draws on data from the medical literature, focusing especially on reviewing what is known about disparities in care received by those who have accessed the health care system. An overview of the possible causal factors is presented, along with suggestions for future research.
Kressin
Nancy R
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Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Road (152), Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, USA. nkressin@bu.edu
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D014481:United States