Do general practitioners overestimate the health of their patients with lower education?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1416-1421

  Kelly Irving, Michelle ^a   Delpierre, Cyrille ^a   Schieber, Anne Cécile ^a,b   Lepage, Benoit ^a,b   Rolland, Christine ^a   Afrité, Anissa ^c   Pascal, Jean ^d   Cases, Chantal ^e   Lombrail, Pierre ^d   Lang, Thierry ^a,b  

^a Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c IRDES   (France)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Education level; France; Health inequalities; Patient physician interaction; Primary Care; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH WORKER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

FRANCE;

EID: 81555208120     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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