TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - African Americans/psychology
KW - Aged
KW - Comprehensive Health Care
KW - Continuity of Patient Care
KW - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/ethnology/therapy
KW - District of Columbia/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Physician-Patient Relations
KW - Poverty/ethnology
KW - Prevalence
KW - Primary Health Care/standards
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Urban Health Services/standards
KW - Women's Health Services/standards
AU - A. S. O'Malley
AU - C. B. Forrest
AU - J. Miranda
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between attributes of primary care providers and care for depression, from a patients' perspective, among a sample of predominantly low-income African American women. METHODS: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted among a population-based sample of 1202 women residing in Washington, DC. RESULTS: Respondents whose primary care physicians provided more comprehensive medical services were more likely to be asked about and treated for depressive symptoms than women whose providers were less medically comprehensive. Women who rated their providers as having more respect for them also were more likely to be asked about and treated for depression. CONCLUSIONS: More comprehensive primary care delivery and a physician-patient relationship focused on mutual respect are associated with greater rates of physician inquiry about and treatment for depression among vulnerable women.
BT - American Journal of Public Health
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 8
CY - United States
IS - 8
JF - American Journal of Public Health
N2 - OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between attributes of primary care providers and care for depression, from a patients' perspective, among a sample of predominantly low-income African American women. METHODS: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted among a population-based sample of 1202 women residing in Washington, DC. RESULTS: Respondents whose primary care physicians provided more comprehensive medical services were more likely to be asked about and treated for depressive symptoms than women whose providers were less medically comprehensive. Women who rated their providers as having more respect for them also were more likely to be asked about and treated for depression. CONCLUSIONS: More comprehensive primary care delivery and a physician-patient relationship focused on mutual respect are associated with greater rates of physician inquiry about and treatment for depression among vulnerable women.
PP - United States
PY - 2003
SN - 0090-0036; 0090-0036
SP - 1328
EP - 1334
EP - 
T1 - Primary care attributes and care for depression among low-income African American women
T2 - American Journal of Public Health
TI - Primary care attributes and care for depression among low-income African American women
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 12893623
VL - 93
VO - 0090-0036; 0090-0036
Y1 - 2003
ER -