The significance of relational continuity of care for Māori patient engagement with predominantly non-Māori doctors: findings from a qualitative study.
CONCLUSIONS: Facilitating relational continuity of care for Māori patients and their clinicians may contribute towards mediating determinants of inequality at the clinical interface.
IMPLICATIONS: Reducing significant health disparities between Māori and non-Māori was a key goal of the reconfiguration of primary healthcare in the early 2000s. The role of relational continuity of care in achieving equitable inter-ethnic health outcomes in primary healthcare settings is an important consideration.
PMID: 26337777 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Reid J, Cormack D, Crowe M Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research