Reports and ratings of care: Black and white medicare enrollees

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1136-1147

  Fongwa, Marie N ^a   Cunningham, William ^a   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^b   Gutierrez, Peter R ^c   Hays, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans blacks; CAHPS reports; Health disparities; Medicare; Patient evaluations; Ratings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149198406     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0074     Document Type: Article

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