Do patients choose physicians of their own race? To provide the kind of care consumers want, medical schools might be able to justify using race as an admissions criterion.
Do patients choose physicians of their own race? To provide the kind of care consumers want, medical schools might be able to justify using race as an admissions criterion.
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.19.4.76
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发表时间：
2000-07-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Bindman, AB
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作者：
Saha, S;Taggart, SH;Bindman, AB
这项研究试图确定少数族裔美国人是否倾向于将自己种族的医生视为一种选择，或者仅仅是因为少数族裔医生位于以少数族裔为主的社区更方便。使用联邦基金1994年全国少数民族健康护理比较调查的数据，我们发现，黑人和西班牙裔美国人向自己种族的医生寻求治疗是因为个人偏好和语言，而不仅仅是因为地理上的便利。随着少数民族人口的持续增长，对少数民族医生的需求可能会增加。跟上这一需求将要求医学院招生政策和医生队伍规划包括明确的战略，以增加代表不足的少数族裔医生的供应。
This study seeks to determine whether minority America ns tend to see physicians of their own race as a matter of choice or simply because minority physicians are more conveniently located within predominantly minority communities. Using data from the Commonwealth Fund 1994 National Comparative Survey of Minority Health Care, we found that black and Hispanic Americans sought care from physicians of their own race because of personal preference and language, not solely because of geographic accessibility. As minority populations continue to grow, the demand for minority physicians is likely to increase. Keeping up with this demand will require medical school admissions policies and physician workforce planning to include explicit strategies to increase the supply of underrepresented minority physicians.