The role of physician gender in the evaluation of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health: Test of an alternate hypothesis

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 130-139

  Henderson, Jillian T ^a   Hudson Scholle, Sarah ^b   Weisman, Carol S ^c   Anderson, Roger T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

physician gender; prevention; primary care; women's health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4544274723     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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