Patient-Reported Experiences of Discrimination in the US Health Care System

JAMA Network Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2020, Pages E2029650-

  Nong, Paige ^a   Raj, Minakshi ^b   Creary, Melissa ^a   Kardia, Sharon L R ^a   Platt, Jodyn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85098602429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25743805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29650     Document Type: Article

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