Racial/ethnic discrimination in health care: Impact on perceived quality of care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-396

  Sorkin, Dara H ^a   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^a   De Alba, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS); Discrimination; Patient characteristics; Perceived quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951096410     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1257-5     Document Type: Article

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