Open AccessPatient–Physician Relationships and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Health Care
Author(s) -
Somnath Saha,
José J. Arbelaez,
Lisa A. Cooper
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.93.10.1713
Subject(s) - concordance , medicine , health care , family medicine , commonwealth , health equity , patient satisfaction , health care quality , ethnic group , quality (philosophy) , medline , gerontology , public health , nursing , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , economics , economic growth
This study explored whether racial differences in patient-physician relationships contribute to disparities in the quality of health care.