An application of the andersen model of health utilization to the understanding of the role of race-concordant doctor-patient relationships in reducing health disparities

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-214

  Smith, Galen H ^a   Scheid, Teresa L ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Race concordance; Satisfaction; Trust; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CASE MANAGEMENT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RACE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956661104     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0275-4959(2013)0000031011     Document Type: Article

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