Satisfaction with care: The role of patient-provider racial/ethnic concordance and interpersonal sensitivity

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1079-1090

  Phillips, Karon L ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^b   Jang, Yuri ^b  

^a Health and Aging Policy Fellow   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

interpersonal sensitivity; patient provider racial ethnic concordance; satisfaction with care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84866494294     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264312453068     Document Type: Article

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