Perceived discrimination and reported delay of pharmacy prescriptions and medical tests

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 578-583

  Van Houtven, Courtney Harold ^a,b   Voils, Corrine I ^a   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^b,c   Friedman, Joëlle Y ^c   Schulman, Kevin A ^b,c   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Delay of treatment; Latino; Perceived discrimination; Perceived racism; Pharmacy prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREJUDICE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 22644436497     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0123.x     Document Type: Article

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