The Effects of Ethnicity and Language on Medical Outcomes of Patients with Hypertension or Diabetes

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1212-1219

  Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,b   Nápoles Springer, Anna ^a   Miramontes, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box 0320 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031302033     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199712000-00005     Document Type: Article

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