The impact of demographics on health and health care : race, ethnicity and other social factors /

This volume focuses on differences in health and health care as linked to important social factors. The first section reviews basic material on the topic. The second section on racial and ethnic factors in differences in health and health care is the largest section of the book, and includes six art...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 28.
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care > Case studies.
Health services accessibility > Case studies.
Minorities > Medical care > Case studies.
Medical care.
Delivery of Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Socioeconomic Factors
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux > Études de cas.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > Études de cas.
Minorités > Soins médicaux > Études de cas.
Prestation de soins.
Health systems & services.
Sociology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Discrimination in medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Minorities > Medical care.
Case studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social factors leading to differences in health and health care : the influence of factors such as race, ethnicity, geography, and gender / Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
  • Racial disparities in knowledge of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) / Alicia Suarez
  • Medicare and racial disparities in health : fee-for-service versus managed care / Noah J. Webster
  • How much time do Americans spend seeking health care? Racial and ethnic differences in patient experiences / Deborah Carr, Yoko Ibuka and Louise B. Russell
  • Can the behavioral model explain immigrant status and ethnic differences in U.S. adults' complementary and alternative medicine (CAN) use? / Georgiana Bostean
  • Class and race health disparities and health information seeking behaviors : the role of social capital / Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman [and others]
  • Racial disparities in stillbirths / Vicki Dryfhout
  • Habilitative therapy among preschool children : regional disparities in the early intervention population / Richard Lee Rogers
  • Consumer-directed health insurance vs. managed care : analysis of healthcare utiliztion and expenditures incurred by employees in a rural area / Cecilia M. Watkins [and others]
  • Some considertions regarding gender when a healthcare interpreter is helping providers and their limited English proficient patients / Stergois Roussos [and others]
  • Hidden gender inequalities in old age : equal treatment does not mean equal results / Sally Bould
  • Mothers' perspectives on enhancing consumer engagement in behavioral health treatment for maternal depression / Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Ellen Burke Beckjord and Donna J. Keyser
  • Mediating hospice care : mapping relations for ruling in the interdisiciplinary group meeting / Maria DiTullio and Douglas MacDonald.

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