Insurance, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex in the Search for a New Physician

Authors

Rajiv Sharma, Portland State UniversityFollow
Arnab Mitra, Portland State UniversityFollow
Miron Stano, Oakland University

Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

12-1-2015

Subjects

Health services -- Utilization, Primary Health Service

Abstract

We employed simulated patient calls to a national random sample of primary care physicians to assess appointment availability for adults who differed by insurance, race/ethnicity, and sex. The disparities we found are much larger than those reported in previous assessments, highlighting the importance of including race/ethnicity and sex in such research

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This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. A definitive version was subsequently published in Economics Letters, Vol. 137 2015, p. 150-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.005

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DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.005

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16294

Citation Details

Sharma, Rajiv; Mitra, Arnab; and Stano, Miron, "Insurance, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex in the Search for a New Physician" (2015). Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations. 39.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16294