The parent-provider relationship: Does race/ethnicity concordance or discordance influence parent reports of the receipt of high quality basic pediatric preventive services?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 560-574

  Stevens, Gregory D ^a   Mistry, Ritesh ^b   Zuckerman, Barry ^c   Halfon, Neal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Patient provider relationship; Primary care; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28744446595     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti125     Document Type: Review

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