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Ethnic group and medical care
What about doctor factors?
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4060 (Published 05 October 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4060
- Claire L Morgan, researcher1,
- Hendrik J Beerstecher, GP principal1
- 1Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4JA
- clmorgan{at}bluebottle.com
Mead and Roland report differences in patients’ evaluation of medical care that are related to the patient’s ethnic group.1 They may not have corrected for a possible confounder, the doctor’s characteristics.
We examined the relation between patients’ ethnic group and the percentage of UK …
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