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Patient-Physician Racial Concordance and the Perceived Quality and Use of Health Care

Archives of Internal Medicine · 1999 · Vol. 159(9) · pp. 997–997

Somnath Saha✉Miriam Komaromy(University of California, San Francisco)Thomas D. Koepsell(University of Washington)Andrew B. Bindman(University of California, San Francisco)

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Abstract

Our findings confirm the importance of racial and cultural factors in the patient-physician relationship and reaffirm the role of black and Hispanic physicians in caring for black and Hispanic patients. Improving cultural competence among physicians may enhance the quality of health care for minority populations. In the meantime, by reducing the number of underrepresented minorities entering the US physician workforce, the reversal of affirmative action policies may adversely affect the delivery of health care to black and Hispanic Americans.

Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Interpreting and Communication in HealthcareMedicineConcordanceHealth careFamily medicineOdds ratioEthnic groupReceiptConfidence intervalPopulationPatient satisfaction

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AdultAgedBlack or African AmericanEthnicityFemaleHealth ResourcesHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatientsPhysician-Patient RelationsPhysiciansQuality of Health CareMultivariate Analysis

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