"Study Finds Patients Prefer Doctors Who Share Their Same Race/Ethnicity ;
In an analysis of more than 100,000 patient surveys, Penn researchers found that patient-provider race concordance led to higher odds of receiving maximum patient experience scores"
https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2020/novembe...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
Re:Jewish Problems (2011)
by docdocgoose on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:41AM
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An important 2012 study found that higher patient satisfaction is correlated with higher costs and death. This is not counter intuitive if one has practiced medicine. Point being that healthcare isn’t a classic consumer product and social experiments like patient/provider concordance have complex effects.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...
I recall reading about some researchers that studied patients at a large walk-in clinic in a low income area. Both the set of patients and the set of doctors were diverse. Patients were randomly assigned to doctors.
What they found was that patients were significantly more likely to follow the doctor's instructions after the visit (such as getting prescriptions filled, following the doctor's home care instructions, or coming back for follow ups) if the doctor was the same race/ethnic group as the patient.