Utilization of health care services and willingness to participate in future medical research: The role of race and social support

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 776-786

  Seilars, Besangie ^a   Garza, Mary A ^a   Fryer, Craig S ^a   Thomas, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Health service utilization; Race ethnicity; Tuskegee syphilis study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; AGE; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77957970331     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30674-x     Document Type: Article

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