Racial disparities in poverty account for mortality differences in US medicare beneficiaries

Higher mortality in Blacks than Whites has been consistently reported in the US, but previous investigations have not accounted for poverty at the individual level. The health of its population is an important part of the capital of a nation. We examined the association between individual level pove...

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Main Authors: Paul L. Kimmel, Chyng-Wen Fwu, Kevin C. Abbott, Jonathan Ratner, Paul W. Eggers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316000100