Racial and ethnic variation in response to mailed and telephone surveys among women in a managed care population

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 580-583

  Nelson, Karin M ^a,d   Geiger, Ann M ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA Puget Sound   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection methods; Ethnic groups; Health surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL MAIL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTAL SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 7444243862     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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