Patient Perceptions of Physician Education and Quality by Race

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Conditions studied: Racism, Bias, Racial

In brief

Research has documented positive effects of doctor-patient race concordance, suggesting that increasing diversity among healthcare professionals may play an important role in addressing well-documented racial health disparities in the US. It also remains critical to improve the quality of interactions in race discordant doctor-patient relationships. However, as health systems consider policies to increase the number of minority healthcare professionals, especially among doctors, questions about the equilibrium effects of such initiatives naturally emerge. In this project, the investigators examine whether and how patients vary their perceptions of healthcare professionals by race.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04940234

Run by

Harvard University

People needed

1500

Starts

2021-08-19

Expected to finish

2021-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-12-13

Who can join

Age: 25 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• participant identifies as Black or White

You may not qualify if…

• participant doesn't identify as Black or White
• younger than 25 years old

Where it is running

• Harvard University — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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