TY - JOUR
T1 - The medical dialogue
T2 - Disentangling differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites
AU - Wallace, Lorraine S.
AU - DeVoe, Jennifer E.
AU - Rogers, Edwin S.
AU - Malagon-Rogers, Maricarmen
AU - Fryer, George E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: Funding was provided by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville. This paper was presented in part at the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, October 2007, in Vancouver, Canada.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - BACKGROUND: Patients' race and ethnicity play an important role in quality of and access to healthcare in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To examine the influence of ethnicity - Hispanic whites vs. non-Hispanic whites - on respondents' self-reported interactions with healthcare providers. To understand, among Hispanic whites, how demographic and socioeconomic characteristics impact their interactions with healthcare providers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative survey on medical care conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. PARTICIPANTS: Civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population aged ≥18 years who reported visiting a healthcare provider within the past 12 months prior to data collection. RESULTS: After controlling for several demographic and socioeconomic covariates, compared to non-Hispanic whites (reference group), Hispanic whites who had visited a doctor's office or clinic in the past 12 months were more likely to report that their healthcare provider "always" listened to them [odds ratio (OR)=1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21-1.53], explained things so that they understood (OR=1.25, 95% CI 1.10-1.41), showed respect for what they had to say (OR=1.52, 95% CI 1.35-1.72), and spent enough time with them (OR=1.22, 95% CI 1.08-1.38). However, Hispanics were less likely to indicate that their health care provider "always" gave them control over treatment options (OR=0.83, 95% CI 0.72-0.95) as compared to non-Hispanics. Within the Hispanic population exclusively, age, place of residence, census region, health insurance status, and presence of a usual source of care influenced self-reported interactions with healthcare providers. CONCLUSION: Hispanic white respondents were more likely to report that some aspects of provider-patient interactions were indicative of high quality, whereas those related to decision-making autonomy were not. These somewhat paradoxical results should be examined more fully in future research.
AB - BACKGROUND: Patients' race and ethnicity play an important role in quality of and access to healthcare in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To examine the influence of ethnicity - Hispanic whites vs. non-Hispanic whites - on respondents' self-reported interactions with healthcare providers. To understand, among Hispanic whites, how demographic and socioeconomic characteristics impact their interactions with healthcare providers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative survey on medical care conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. PARTICIPANTS: Civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population aged ≥18 years who reported visiting a healthcare provider within the past 12 months prior to data collection. RESULTS: After controlling for several demographic and socioeconomic covariates, compared to non-Hispanic whites (reference group), Hispanic whites who had visited a doctor's office or clinic in the past 12 months were more likely to report that their healthcare provider "always" listened to them [odds ratio (OR)=1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21-1.53], explained things so that they understood (OR=1.25, 95% CI 1.10-1.41), showed respect for what they had to say (OR=1.52, 95% CI 1.35-1.72), and spent enough time with them (OR=1.22, 95% CI 1.08-1.38). However, Hispanics were less likely to indicate that their health care provider "always" gave them control over treatment options (OR=0.83, 95% CI 0.72-0.95) as compared to non-Hispanics. Within the Hispanic population exclusively, age, place of residence, census region, health insurance status, and presence of a usual source of care influenced self-reported interactions with healthcare providers. CONCLUSION: Hispanic white respondents were more likely to report that some aspects of provider-patient interactions were indicative of high quality, whereas those related to decision-making autonomy were not. These somewhat paradoxical results should be examined more fully in future research.
KW - Medical expenditure panel survey
KW - Patient experiences
KW - Physician-patient communication
KW - Race/ethnicity
KW - Racial differences
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U2 - 10.1007/s11606-007-0368-0
DO - 10.1007/s11606-007-0368-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 17882501
AN - SCOPUS:35248889880
SN - 0884-8734
VL - 22
SP - 1538
EP - 1543
JO - Journal of general internal medicine
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
IS - 11
ER -