Minorities are more likely than whites to rate the care as fair or poor health, study finds
Minorities are less likely than whites for the quality of health care to be judged as fair or poor, according to a study in March / April in the journal Health Affairs, the AP / San Francisco Chronicle published reports. For the study, the researchers looked at Harvard University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 4334 U.S. adults in 2007. The researchers asked the participants questions such as how quickly they could get an appointment for the last time you were sick and, when doctors explained the conditions and the treatment to that patient could understand.BRBRThe study found that 91% of whites rated their care as very good or good. For most ethnic groups, the proportion of low-rated care as very good or good than those of whites born, with the lowest ratings among
Chinese Americans and 74%, 73% black people in Africa and Vietnamese-Americans to 72%. Also found that study BRBRThe about 63% get to the whites in the position to a doctors appointment on the same day or the day after he was sick or injured, against 42% of Cuban-Americans and 39% of blacks were born in the Caribbean.The study found that about 75% of whites said that doctors listened to them. About 62% of Korean Americans and 58% of the center or south-Americans reported that their physicians listened carefully to them, the study found.BRBRThe study used the more detailed categories of ethnic disparities research over the previous health, which tends to give a broad vision to the main ethnic groups, although group members are often from different countries, reports the AP /
Chronicle. For example, there were three categories for blacks: those born in the Caribbean, those born in Africa and those born in the U.S. The researchers said the differences were important because the best ways to reduce disparities reflect the experiences and unique needs of the minority groups.BRBRAnne Beal, assistant vice president within the Commonwealth Fund, said the study shows that providers of health care steps to be Pages: [1] 2 3