Health confidence and racial and ethnic disparities in consumers' assessments of health care

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-228

  Borders, Tyrone F ^a   Lensing, Shelly ^a   Xu, Ke Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; consumer assessments; disparities; MEPS; patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACE; SELF CONCEPT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79955829801     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610383410     Document Type: Article

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