title: Does health care setting matter in reports of discrimination?
abstract: We investigated the associations between the health care setting types that California adults report as their regular source of care, socioeconomic status, and perceived racial/ethnic medical care-related discrimination. Data were analyzed from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (n = 36,694). Adults who identified clinics/health centers/hospital clinics or "other settings" as their usual source of health care had increased odds for perceived racial/ethnic discrimination compared with those who utilized private and health maintenance organizations doctors' offices, although this was true only for middle, but not lower or higher, socio-economic respondents. We suggest several explanations for these findings and improvements for assessing health care-based racial discrimination.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Innovation, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90815, USA. ldanna@csulb.edu
authors.forename: Laura Hoyt
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: D'Anna
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: C Kevin
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Malotte
authors.forename: Kai-Ya
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002140:California; D003151:Community Health Centers; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006268:Health Facilities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology*; D011287:Prejudice; D055815:Young Adult