Patient-physician pairing: Does racial and ethnic congruity influence selection of a regular physician?

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-259

  Gray, Bradley ^a   Stoddard, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MERITER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030747675     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025148302636     Document Type: Article

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