Background: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have been well documented, but
poorly explained. Objective: To examine the effect of access barriers, including English fluency…

CONTEXT: While pervasive racial and ethnic inequalities in access to care and health status
have been documented, potential underlying causes, such as patients' perceptions of their …

… ¶‡ Barry Saver is the lead/corresponding author and wrote the initial draft. Stephen Martin is
listed second as he contributed inspiration and major ideas for the manuscript. Ronald Adler is …

CONTEXT: Obesity is a fast-growing threat to public health in the US, but information on
trends in professional advice to lose weight is limited. OBJECTIVE: We studied whether rising …

Purpose: Depression is one of the most commonly encountered chronic conditions in primary
care, yet it remains substantially underdiagnosed and undertreated. We sought to gain a …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of provider continuity on preventive care among adults
who have a regular site of care. DESIGN: Logistic regression analyses were conducted to …

Purpose: Research in other medical specialties has shown that the addition of medical scribes
to the clinical team enhances physicians' practice experience and increases productivity. …

Background: Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations (ACSHs) are commonly used as
measures of access to and quality of care. They are defined as hospitalizations for certain acute …

BACKGROUND We explored the relationships between advice front a physician to quit smoking
and an army of respondents' characteristics, including sociodemographic factors, health …

Purpose:The efficacy of rewarding physicians financially for preventive services is unproven.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a physician pay-for-performance …