Effect of race on patient expectations regarding their primary care physicians

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Guerra, Carmen E ^a,b   McDonald, Vanessa J ^a   Ravenell, Karima L ^a   Asch, David A ^a,b,c   Shea, Judy A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Expectations; Health literacy; Patient physician relationships; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 41149085095     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn005     Document Type: Article

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