Are physician estimates of asthma severity less accurate in black than in white patients?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 976-981

  Okelo, Sande O ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a,b   Merriman, Barry ^b   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a,b   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Patient physician communication; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249942330     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0209-1     Document Type: Article

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