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Racial Matching among African-American and Hispanic Physicians and Patients

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  • Martha Harrison Stinson
  • Norman K Thurston

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It is widely known that minority doctors have more patients of their own race and ethnicity than would be predicted by random distribution, but most measures of racial matching do not control for physician specialty, practice setting, or location. When we control for these variables, differences by doctor's race are much smaller and, in many cases, not statistically significant, suggesting that simply increasing the number of minority physicians may not be the best way to increase access for under-served populations. However, we do find some evidence of culture-specific human capital (in the form of language ability) for Hispanics.

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  • Martha Harrison Stinson & Norman K Thurston, 2002. "Racial Matching among African-American and Hispanic Physicians and Patients," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 37(2), pages 410-428.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:37:y:2002:i:2:p:410-428
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    1. Balsa, Ana I. & McGuire, Thomas G., 2003. "Prejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 89-116, January.

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