Researchers and program developers in medical education presently face the challenge of
implementing and evaluating curricula that teach medical students and house staff how to …

Background Public insurance reforms of the past two decades have failed to substantively
address the healthcare needs of American Indians in general, let alone the particular needs …

Background: High-quality communication and a positive patient-provider relationship are
aspects of patient-centered care, a crucial component of quality. We assessed racial/ethnic …

Objectives. We evaluated self-perceived access to health care in a cohort of Medicare
beneficiaries. Methods. We identified patterns of use and barriers to health care from self …

Context: Previous studies have demonstrated a strong association between minority race,
low socioeconomic status (SES), and lack of potential access to care (eg, no insurance …

Objectives: To describe the development and validation of low literacy English and Spanish
versions of the 26-item Telemedicine Satisfaction and Usefulness Questionnaire (TSUQ) …

Purpose To identify opportunities for improving care, we evaluated patients' perceptions of
the quality of their cancer care by race, ethnicity, and language. Patients and Methods We …

Purpose We examined racial and ethnic disparities in patient-provider communication
(PPC), perceived care quality, and patient activation among long-term cancer survivors …

Prior research documents differences in patient-reported experiences by patient
characteristics. Using nine measures of patient experience from 1,203,229 patients …

ContextOverall quality of care and racial disparities in quality are important and related
problems in health care, but their relationship has not been well studied. In the Medicare …