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Inequalities and disparities in health care and health = concerns of patients, providers and insurers /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Inequalities and disparities in health care and health/ edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
Reminder of title:	concerns of patients, providers and insurers /
other author:	Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Published:	Amsterdam ;Elsevier JAI, : 2008.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 328 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Health services accessibility - United States. -
Online resource:	http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0275-4959/25
ISBN:	9781849505567 (electronic bk.)

Inequalities and disparities in health care and health = concerns of patients, providers and insurers /
Inequalities and disparities in health care and healthconcerns of patients, providers and insurers /[electronic resource] :edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ;Elsevier JAI,2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 328 p.) :ill. - Research in the sociology of health care,v. 250275-4959 ;. - Research in the sociology of health care,v. 25..

Includes bibliographical references.

This volume deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. The volume isdivided into five sections. The first sectionincludes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalitiesand disparities and also an introduction to the volume. One of the backdrops to thistopic in the United States was The National Healthcare Disparities Report and its focus on the ability of Americans to access health care and variation in the quality of care. Disparities related tosocioeconomic status were included, as were disparities linked to raceand ethnicity and the report also tried to explore the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position, as explainedin more detail in the first article in the book.The second article discusses a newer overall approach to issues related to health inequalities and health disparities. The remaining four sections of the book address more specific topics relating to inequalities and disparities. The second section examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. The third section includes articles that address the issue from the perspective of research about health care providers and health care facilities. The last two sections of the book focus on consumers and topics of health care disparities, with Section 4 focused on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns. Section 5 includes articles looking at issues of vulnerable women, women with breast cancer and people with colorectal cancer. "Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health" is important reading formedical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-relatedissues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analystsand public health researchers. The chapters focus on the topics of health inequalities and health disparities. The book is essential for medical sociologists and others in social science industries studying health-related issues.

ISBN: 9781849505567 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Health services accessibility
--United States.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA418.3.U6 / .I55 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.10973

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 316

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