Ethnic differences in health preferences: Analysis using willingness-to-pay

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1811-1818

  Byrne, Margaret M ^a,c   O'Malley, Kimberly J ^b   Suarez Almazor, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Medical Arts Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Ethnic groups; Patient preferences; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4444347372     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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