Patient-physician social concordance, medical visit communication and patients' perceptions of health care quality

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Thornton, Rachel L Johnson ^a   Powe, Neil R ^b   Roter, Debra ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Patient provider communication; Patient provider concordance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 81555208223     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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