Patient–Physician Relationships and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Health Care

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dc.contributor.authorSaha, Somnath
dc.contributor.authorArbelaez, Jose J
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Lisa A
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:06Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:06Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractObjectives. This study explored whether racial differences in patient–physician relationships contribute to disparities in the quality of health care. Methods. We analyzed data from The Commonwealth Fund’s 2001 Health Care Quality Survey to determine whether racial differences in patients’ satisfaction with health care and use of basic health services were explained by differences in quality of patient–physician interactions, physicians’ cultural sensitivity, or patient–physician racial concordance. Results. Both satisfaction with and use of health services were lower for Hispanics and Asians than for Blacks and Whites. Racial differences in the quality of patient–physician interactions helped explain the observed disparities in satisfaction, but not in the use of health services. Conclusions. Barriers in the patient–physician relationship contribute to racial disparities in the experience of health care.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1713
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/s2fc-llsb
dc.identifier.citationSaha, Somnath and Arbelaez, Jose J and Cooper, Lisa A (2003) Patient–Physician Relationships and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Health Care. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (10). pp. 1713-1719.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 359
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22498
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectservice
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectpatient-physician relationship
dc.subjectdisparities
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjectracial differences
dc.subjectpatient satisfaction
dc.subjectcultural sensitivity
dc.subjectracial concordance
dc.subjectcultural competency
dc.subjectBlack
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.subjectWhite
dc.subjectCaucasian
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectLatino
dc.subjectracial disparities
dc.titlePatient–Physician Relationships and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Health Care
dc.typeArticle

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