Patterns of sex and racial/ethnic differences in patient health care experiences in US Veterans Affairs hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 328-335

  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

HCAHPS; Health care experiences; Race and ethnicity; Sex; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; BLACK PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904857339     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000099     Document Type: Article

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