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MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Racial\/ethnic concordance between patients and their physicians is associated with higher patient satisfaction scores, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Network Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n Junko Takeshita, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues evaluated patient- and physician-related determinants of the patient experience using data from Press Ganey surveys returned for outpatient visits within the University of Pennsylvania Health System between 2014 and 2017.<\/p>\n The researchers evaluated 117,589 surveys (92,238 unique patients [mean age, 57.7 years; 40.1 percent men; 81.6 percent White] and 747 unique physicians [mean age, 45.5 years; 63.2 percent men; 71.4 percent White]). Compared with racially\/ethnically concordant patient-physician dyads, racial\/ethnic discordance was associated with a lower likelihood of physicians receiving the maximum score (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.88; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 0.82 to 0.94; P < 0.001). Lower patient experience ratings were associated with Black (aOR, 0.73; 95 percent CI, 0.68 to 0.78; P < 0.001) and Asian (aOR, 0.55; 95 percent CI, 0.50 to 0.60; P < 0.001) patient race. There was no association between patient-physician gender concordance and Press Ganey scores (aOR, 1.00; 95 percent CI, 0.96 to 1.04; P = 0.90).<\/p>\n “Our data highlights why it’s more important than ever to have a diverse physician workforce who looks like all the different types of patients we take care of, including different genders and different races,” a coauthor said in a statement.<\/p>\n One author disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text<\/a><\/p>\n