Racial and ethnic disparities in response to direct-to-consumer advertising

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1185-1190

  Lee, Doohee ^a   Begley, Charles E ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Data collection; Ethnic groups; Patients; Physicians; Prescribing; Prescriptions; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957667395     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090600     Document Type: Article

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