Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home-findings from the diabetes study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 572-593

  Parker, Melissa M ^a   Moffet, Howard H ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^b   Adler, Nancy ^a,c   Fernandez, Alicia ^b   Ciechanowski, Paul ^d   Karter, Andrew J ^a,e  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; Health disparities; health policy; missed appointments; patient centered medical home; primary care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858318980     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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