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| June 09, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regardless of whether they use Medicaid or private insurance, black women want the same things in their prenatal care: plenty of time spent communicating with their doctors and comfortable and clean waiting rooms, according to a new study.

"While improvements in health care delivery tend to focus on increasing technical proficiency, the results of this study suggest that to improve pregnant women's satisfaction with care, prenatal care providers should focus on improvements in patient-provider communication, as well as features of the prenatal care setting," said Arden Handler, DrPH, of the University of Illinois and …

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