Sexual Minorities in England Have Poorer Health and Worse Health Care Experiences: A National Survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-16

  Elliott, Marc N ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a   Burkhart, Q ^a   Abel, Gary A ^b   Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^b   Beckett, Megan K ^a   Schuster, Mark A ^c   Roland, Martin ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; health care experiences; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ENGLAND; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BISEXUALITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941887473     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2905-y     Document Type: Article

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