Are physicians less likely to recommend preventive services to Low-SES patients?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 350-357

  Solberg, Leif I ^a   Brekke, Milo L ^b   Kottke, Thomas E ^c  

^a Group Health Foundation   (United States)

^b Brekke Associates   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

health; low SES; physician behavior; preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031008088     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0150     Document Type: Article

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