Perceived racial discrimination in health care and its association with patients' healthcare experiences: Does the measure matter?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a   Kressin, Nancy R ^a,b   Hanusa, Barbara H ^a,c   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Diabetes; Healthcare utilization; Perceived discrimination; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; TELEPHONE; VETERAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77951626840     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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