Racial disparities in the content of primary care office visits

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 599-603

  Franks, Peter ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^b,c   Meldrum, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 22644436048     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0109.x     Document Type: Article

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