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To evaluate whether doctor-patient race concordance predicts patient satisfaction across diverse racial and ethnic groups and to identify determinants of shared racial identity.

September 1, 2002Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Is Doctor-Patient Race Concordance Associated with Greater Satisfaction with Care?

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TLThomas A. LaVeistWeatherford (United States)ANAmani Nuru‐JeterUniversity of California, Berkeley

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Survey analysis reveals higher patient satisfaction among racially concordant doctor-patient pairs in diverse populations, highlighting the value of physician workforce diversity.

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To evaluate whether doctor-patient race concordance predicts patient satisfaction across diverse racial and ethnic groups and to identify determinants of shared racial identity.
Analyzed data from a national sample in the 1994 Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey across African American, white, Hispanic, and Asian American respondents.
Constructed multivariate regression models to evaluate determinants of physician-patient race concordance and its relationship to satisfaction with care.
Respondents across all racial and ethnic groups who had a choice in selecting their physician were significantly more likely to achieve race concordance.
White respondents were more likely to be race concordant with their doctor compared to African American, Hispanic, and Asian American respondents.
Across all racial and ethnic cohorts, patients in race-concordant relationships reported greater satisfaction with their physician than those in non-concordant pairs.

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LaVeist et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da8c7a387cf70698686e98 https://doi.org/10.2307/3090205

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Survey analysis reveals higher patient satisfaction among racially concordant doctor-patient pairs in diverse populations, highlighting the value of physician workforce diversity.

Is Doctor-Patient Race Concordance Associated with Greater Satisfaction with Care?

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Is Doctor-Patient Race Concordance Associated with Greater Satisfaction with Care?

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