The Association of Doctor-Patient Race Concordance with Health Services Utilization

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 312-323

  LaVeist, Thomas A ^a   Nuru Jeter, Amani ^a   Jones, Kiesha E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142298485     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343378     Document Type: Article

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