The predictors of patient-physician race and ethnic concordance: A medical facility fixed-effects approach

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 792-805

  Traylor, Ana H ^a   Schmittdiel, Julie A ^b,c   Uratsu, Connie S ^b,c   Mangione, Carol M ^d   Subramanian, Usha ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Natl Inst for Fitness and Sport   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Health work force; Racial ethnic differences in health and health care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77951931299     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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