Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1048939 | Health & Place | 2008 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Respondents' perceptions of their healthcare providers' communication skills were assessed by responses to six items from the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative survey of the civilian, non-institutionalized US population. After controlling for several covariates, respondents in urban areas reported poorer communication by their healthcare providers than non-urban respondents. Differences in perceived quality of communication could contribute to reduce use of preventive healthcare and indicates a need to improve healthcare provider-patient communication in the urban setting.
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Authors
Lorraine S. Wallace, Jennifer E. DeVoe, Ian M. Bennett, Steven E. Roskos, George E. Jr.,