Racial and ethnic disparities in access to physicians with HIV-related expertise: Findings from a nationally representative study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Heslin, Kevin C ^a   Andersen, Ronald M ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^b,c   Cunningham, William E ^b,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Physicians; Race ethnicity; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244368968     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40109.x     Document Type: Article

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