Development of a measure of physician engagement in addressing racial and ethnic health care disparities

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 773-784

  Alexander, G Caleb ^a,b,c   Lin, Shang ^d   Sayla, Maliha A ^c   Wynia, Matthew K ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MC5100   (United States)

^e AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Physicians; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41149153768     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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