Racial and ethnic differences in a patient survey: Patients' values, ratings, and reports regarding physician primary care performance in a large Health Maintenance Organization

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-310

  Murray García, Jann L ^a   Selby, Joe V ^b   Schmittdiel, Julie ^b   Grumbach, Kevin ^b   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asian Americans; Health care quality; Hispanics; Minority populations; Patient satisfaction; Patient physician relationship; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034146233     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200003000-00007     Document Type: Article

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