Nativity status and patient perceptions of the patient-physician encounter: Results from the commonwealth fund 2001 survey on disparities in quality of health care

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-191

  Dallo, Florence J ^a   Borrell, Luisa N ^b   Williams, Stacey L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Foreign born; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549173049     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318158af29     Document Type: Article

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