Socially-Assigned Race, Healthcare Discrimination and Preventive Healthcare Services
MacIntosh T, Desai MM, Lewis TT, Jones BA, Nunez-Smith M. Socially-Assigned Race, Healthcare Discrimination and Preventive Healthcare Services. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e64522. PMID: 23704992, PMCID: PMC3660607, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare discriminationCancer screeningBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemReceipt of vaccinationPreventive healthcare servicesInfluence health outcomesNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional analysisRace/ethnicityPneumococcal vaccinationPreventive carePreventive servicesPreventive vaccinationAge 60Health outcomesEthnic minoritiesVaccinationW groupDistrict of ColumbiaHealthcare servicesSignificant differencesRace/Similar ratesSurveillance system