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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| The American Health Care System: Separate and Unequal | |
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| American Democracy and Equality | |
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| Inequalities in the American Health Care System | |
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| The Plan of this Book | |
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| References | |
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| African Americans and Heath Care | |
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| Access to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Health Care Perceptions of the Health Care System | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Hispanics and Health Care | |
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| Hispanics and Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Access to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Care | |
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| Perceptions of the Health Care System | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Unauthorized Immigrants and Health Care | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Health Care | |
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| History of Health Care Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives | |
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| Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Access to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Care | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Gender and Health Care | |
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| History of Children's Health Care Policy | |
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| Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Access to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Health Care | |
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| Explanation for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Children and Health Care | |
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| History of Children's Health Care Policy | |
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| Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Access to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Health Care | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Elderly and Health Care | |
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| The Elderly Population of the United States | |
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| History of Health Care Policy for the Elderly | |
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| Disparities in Health Status, Acess, and Quality of Care | |
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| Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Acess to Health Care | |
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| Quality of Health Care | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Geography and Health Care | |
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| A Health Care Geography | |
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| Disparities in Health Status, Access and Quality of Care | |
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| Health Status/Outcomes | |
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| Access of Health Care | |
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| Quality of Care | |
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| Possible Explanations for Health Care Disparities | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Conclusion: Health and Inequality Reconsidered | |
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| Explaining Health Care Disparites | |
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| Adressing Health Care Disparites | |
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| Why Should We Care? | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |