AHRQ Activities to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Program Brief
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An Overview: Eliminating Racial, Ethnic, and SES Disparities in Health Care
The papers featured in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review were presented at "Eliminating Racial, Ethnic, and SES Disparities in Health Care: A Research Agenda for the New Millennium." This conference was held on October 15, 1999, in the Washington, DC., area and was co-sponsored by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)...
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