Does Patient-Centered Care Affect Racial Disparities in Health?

This thesis presents a challenge to policy initiatives that presume that patient-centered care will reduce racial disparities in health. Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were used to test patient assessment of provider behavior defined as patient-centered care according to the National...

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Main Author: Slade, Catherine Putnam
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22569