Using standardized encounters to understand reported racial/ethnic disparities in patient experiences with care

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 491-509

  Weinick, Robin M ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Volandes, Angelo E ^b   Lopez, Lenny ^b   Burkhart, Q ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; measurement; patient experiences with care; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952384258     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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