title: Provider factors and patient-reported healthcare discrimination in the Diabetes Study of California (DISTANCE).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined provider-level factors and reported discrimination in the healthcare setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  With data from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE) - a race-stratified survey of diabetes patients in Kaiser Permanente Northern California - we analyzed patient-reported racial/ethnic discrimination from providers. Primary exposures were characteristics of the primary care provider (PCP, who coordinates care in this system), including specialty/type, and patient-provider relationship variables, including racial concordance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects (n=12,151) included 20% black, 20% Latino, 23% Asian, 30% white, and 6% other patients, with 2-8% reporting discrimination by racial/ethnic group. Patients seeing nurse practitioners as their PCP (OR=0.09; 95% CI: 0.01-0.67) and those rating their provider higher on communication (OR=0.70; 95% CI: 0.66-0.74) were less likely to report discrimination, while those with more visits (OR=1.10; 95% CI: 1.03-1.18) were more likely to report discrimination. Racial concordance was not significant once adjusting for patient race/ethnicity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among diverse diabetes patients in managed care, provider type and communication were significantly related to patient-reported discrimination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given potential negative impacts on patient satisfaction and treatment decisions, future studies should investigate which interpersonal aspects of the provider-patient relationship reduce patient perceptions of unfair treatment.
authors: University of Washington, Department of Health Services, Seattle, WA, USA. crees@u.washington.edu
authors: Courtney R
authors: CR
authors: Lyles
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Karter
authors: Bessie A
authors: BA
authors: Young
authors: Clarence
authors: C
authors: Spigner
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Grembowski
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Schillinger
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Adler
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