Psychometric characteristics of a patient satisfaction instrument tailored to the concerns of African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 948-955

  Fongwa, Marie N ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Gutierrez, Peter R ^b   Stewart, Anita L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Instrument development; Minority; Patient satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648848015     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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