Comparing the use of physician time and health care resources among patients speaking English, Spanish, and Russian

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 728-738

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a   Helms, L Jay ^b   Azari, Rahman ^b   Antonius, Deirdre ^a   Melnikow, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of health care; Limited English proficiency; Medical interpreters; Resource utilization; Russian; Spanish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 0034218784     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

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