Preventive Care for Women – Does the Sex of the Physician Matter?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 478-482

  Lurie, Nicole ^a,b   Slater, Jonathan ^c   Mcgovern, Paul ^b   Ekstrum, Jacqueline ^b   Quam, Lois ^d   Margolis, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation   (United States)

^d UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0027214591     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199308123290707     Document Type: Article

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