Prejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities.

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dc.contributor.authorBalsa, Ana I
dc.contributor.authorMcGuire, Thomas G
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:44Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:44Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractDisparities in health can result from the clinical encounter between a doctor and a patient. This paper studies three possible mechanisms: prejudice of doctors in the form of being less willing to interact with members of minority groups, clinical uncertainty associated with doctors' differential interpretation of symptoms from minority patients or from doctor's distinct priors across races, and stereotypes doctors hold about health-related behavior of minority patients. Within a unified conceptual framework, we show how all three can lead to disparities in health and health services use. We also show that the effect of social policy depends critically on the underlying cause of disparities.
dc.description.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016762960200098X
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/2nul-egli
dc.identifier.citationBalsa, Ana I and McGuire, Thomas G (2003) Prejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities. Journal of health economics, 22 (1). pp. 89-116.
dc.identifier.issn0167-6296
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2898
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23533
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectPrejudice
dc.subjectStereotype
dc.subjectHealth disparities
dc.titlePrejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities.
dc.typeArticle

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