Disparities research in neurology: an urgent need. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Differences in the frequencies of physician and emergency-room visits and hospitalizations across socioeconomic and ethnic groups may lead to poor health outcomes in disadvantaged populations. Analyzing the causes and implementing interventions to redress such disparities is a high priority in the US, but neurology lags behind other clinical specialties in this research.

publication date

  • April 1, 2009

Research

keywords

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Nervous System Diseases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 67649213876

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/nrneurol.2009.30

PubMed ID

  • 19347021

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 5

issue

  • 4