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Testing for statistical discrimination in health care.

Ana I Balsa1, Thomas G McGuire, Lisa S Meredith

  • 1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Health Services Research
|January 25, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Doctors' rational responses to clinical uncertainty may explain racial disparities in diagnosing hypertension, diabetes, and depression. For depression, communication patterns between doctors and patients appear to be a key factor.

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