Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services: Bias, preferences, or poor communication?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Ashton, Carol M ^a,b   Haidet, Paul ^a,b   Paterniti, Debora A ^a,b   Collins, Tracie C ^a,b   Gordon, Howard S ^a,b   O'Malley, Kimberly ^a,b   Petersen, Laura A ^a,b   Sharf, Barbara F ^c   Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^a,b   Wray, Nelda P ^a,b   Street Jr , Richard L ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Health care utilization; Race; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0037325832     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20532.x     Document Type: Review

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