Race/Ethnicity and Health Care Communication
| Autor: | George Rust, Casey F. Sweeney, George E. Fryer, Darren Zinner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Concordance MEDLINE Ethnic group Race and health White People Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Physician-Patient Relations 030505 public health business.industry Communication Racial Groups Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hispanic or Latino Middle Aged Black or African American Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Care. 54:1005-1009 |
| ISSN: | 0025-7079 |
| Popis: | Although many minority patients would prefer a provider of their own race/ethnicity, the influence of this relationship on patient-provider communication remains unknown. This analysis examined the effect of patient-provider race/ethnicity concordance on patient-reported provider communication quality using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey years 2002-2012.Ordinary least squares regressions were executed on communication rating, measured by the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems.Only 13.8% of black, non-Hispanic patients reported their usual source of care provider matched their race/ethnicity, compared with 94.4% of white, non-Hispanic patients and 43.8% of Hispanic patients. Differences in communication ratings were driven by patient race, rather than provider race. Although black, non-Hispanic patients rate their communication significantly higher than their counterparts overall, there was no significant influence of patient-provider racial concordance on ratings of communication when controlling for other sociodemographic variables.Minorities may seek the services of minority providers, but they are not more satisfied with patient-provider communication experience than when in race-discordant provider arrangements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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