Analyzing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic patterns in health and health care.

A comment on the exchange between Leyland and Zahniser on racial/ethnic and social class patterns in health, disease, and well-being. Zahniser et al. document the secular trends in the use of cesarean sections and other obstetric operative procedures in the U.S. from 1980 to 1987. They emphasize t...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 83; pp. 1086 - 1088
Autor principal: Krieger, Nancy
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Public Health Association August 1993
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      ab: A comment on the exchange between Leyland and Zahniser on racial/ethnic and social class patterns in health, disease, and well-being. Zahniser et al. document the secular trends in the use of cesarean sections and other obstetric operative procedures in the U.S. from 1980 to 1987. They emphasize the higher rates of procedures among women with private insurance and deduce that racial differences in the likelihood of undergoing such procedures were chiefly attributable to racial differences in insurance status. Leyland argues that class-based differences in rates of obstetric procedures can still exist when everyone has the same insurance cover. Both authors are probably correct and incorrect in some respects. The confusion between them is caused by their inaccurate use of terminology and their limited understanding of the way in which racial discrimination operates in the U.S.
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