My international podcast show presents the latest ethnic health and health disparities data in the world. Today's show is:
"Disparities in Physician Care: Experiences and Perceptions in a Multi-Ethnic America."
Now this is an exceptional study conducted by Dr. Robert Blendon and his team of researchers out of Harvard University School of Public Health. Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, they analyzed 7 dimensions of quality in health care as it relates to various ethnic subgroups. The report provided significant data in the areas of:
- Quality of Physician Care
- Ease of Getting an Appointment
- Time with the Physician
- Listening to the Patient
- Explaining Medical Matters to the Patient
- Patient-Physician Communication
- Discomfort Asking Physician Questions
The racial and ethnic groups apart of the survey included:
- non-Hispanic whites
- American Indians/Alaska Natives
- African Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Asian Americans
Subgroups included
- African Americans born in the United States
- African Americans born in Africa
- African Amerians born in the Caribbean
- Mexican Americans
- Central/South Americans
- Puerto Rican Americans
- Cuban Americans
- Chinese Americans
- Asian Indian Americans
- Filipino Americans
- Korean Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Japanese Americans
I was very impressed with this report so take a listen to my show right here:
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