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"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 pati
by pella 5y ago
"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/november/study-finds-patients-prefer-doctors-who-share-their-same-race-ethnicity https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2020/novembe...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2772682 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
- docdocgoose 5y agoAn 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/fullarticle/1108766 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...