Delayed care and unmet needs among health care system users: When does fiduciary trust in a physician matter?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6 I, 2005, Pages 1898-1917

  Mollborn, Stefanie ^a   Stepanikova, Irena ^a   Cook, Karen S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Delayed care; Patient physician trust; Unmet health care needs; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRUST;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 29144504419     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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