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Minority patients benefit from having minority doctors, but that's a hard match to make

  • Written by Ryan Huerto, Family Medicine Physician, Health Services Researcher, Clinical Lecturer, University of Michigan
Minority patients often have better rapport with a same-race or same-ethnicity doctor. Getty Images / ER Productions Limited

In today’s America, minority patients still have markedly worse health outcomes than white patients. The differences are greatest for black Americans: Compared to white patients, they are two to three times as likely...

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