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Physician-patient race-match reduces patient mortality.
- Source :
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Journal of Health Economics . Dec2023, Vol. 92, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper assesses the impacts of physician-patient race-match, especially Black patients paired with Black physicians, on patient mortality. We draw on administrative data from Florida, linking hospital encounters from mid-2011 through 2014 to information from the Florida Physician Workforce Survey. Focusing on uninsured patients experiencing unscheduled hospital admissions who are conditionally randomly assigned to physicians, we find that physician-patient race-match for Black patients reduces the likelihood of within-hospital mortality by 0.28 percentage points, a 27 % reduction relative to the overall mortality rate. An alternative identification strategy relying on instrumental variables provides a similar finding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01676296
- Volume :
- 92
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173698622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102821