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Patient-Physician Racial Concordance Associated with Improved Healthcare Use and Lower Healthcare Expenditures in Minority Populations

Anuradha Jetty, Y. Jabbarpour, Jack Pollack, Ryan Huerto, S. Woo, Stephen Petterson

2021.1.5Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00930-4

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The hypothesis that racial concordance contributes to a more effective therapeutic relationship and improved healthcare is supported and the need for medical education surrounding cultural humility and the importance of diversifying the healthcare workforce is emphasized.

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JETTY, Anuradha, et al. Patient-physician racial concordance associated with improved healthcare use and lower healthcare expenditures in minority populations. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2021, 9: 68–81.