Understanding racial and ethnic differences in patient experiences with outpatient health care in veterans affairs medical centers

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 532-539

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a,b   Gao, Shasha ^a   Mor, Maria K ^a,c   Schaefer, James H ^d   Fine, Michael J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; Disparities; Health care experiences; Race and ethnicity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

EID: 84879094355     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318287d6e5     Document Type: Article

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