Physician and patient gender concordance and the delivery of comprehensive clinical preventive services

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 486-492

  Flocke, Susan A ^a,c   Gilchrist, Valerie ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician gender; Preventive service delivery; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 18844460146     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000160418.72625.1c     Document Type: Article

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