Patient-provider sex and race/ethnicity concordance: A national study of healthcare and outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1012-1020

  Jerant, Anthony ^a   Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Fenton, Joshua J ^a   Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; ethnic groups; female; health disparities; health status; physician patient relations; preventive health services; race relations; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; VACCINATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054930703     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31823688ee     Document Type: Article

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