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Influence of Patients' Socioeconomic Status on Clinical Management Decisions: A Qualitative Study.
- Source :
- Annals of Family Medicine; Jan/Feb2008, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p53-59, 7p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2008
-
Abstract
- The article presents a qualitative study on the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) in making decision related to health care. The study surveyed 18 physicians from different practices. Result suggests that SES greatly influences the health management and in accordance to this, physicians often modified their plan of care to however maximize patient outcomes.
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL status
DECISION making
PHYSICIANS
MEDICAL care
SURVEYS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15441709
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Family Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28400004
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.749