Open AccessVulnerability and the Patient–Practitioner Relationship: The Roles of Gatekeeping and Primary Care Performance
Author(s) -
Leiyu Shi,
Christopher B. Forrest,
Sarah von Schrader,
Judy Ng
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.93.1.138
Subject(s) - gatekeeping , referral , primary care , medicine , family medicine , vulnerability (computing) , ethnic group , computer security , sociology , political science , computer science , anthropology , law
We examined whether patients' perceptions of their relationships with primary care practitioners (PCPs) vary by vulnerability status and assessed the extent to which gatekeeping arrangements and primary care performance moderate potential disparities.
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