Racial differences in attitudes toward innovative medical technology

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-563

  Groeneveld, Peter W ^a,b,d   Sonnad, Seema S ^b   Lee, Anee K ^a   Asch, David A ^a,b,c   Shea, Judy E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d 1229 Blockley Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitude; Diffusion of innovation; Medical; Technology; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33744476157     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00453.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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