Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices
Sebastian T Tong1, Anuradha Jetty2, Winston R Liaw2
1From the University of Washington, Seattle (STT); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care, Washington, DC (AJ, YJ); University of Houston, Houston, TX (WRL); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AWB); Center for Professionalism and Value in Healthcare, Washington, DC (AWB). setong@uw.edu.
Abstract:
While the overall proportion of family physicians who work in solo practices has been steadily declining, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian family physicians are more likely to work in these settings. Given their association with high levels of continuity and improved health outcomes, and given patient preference for racial concordance with their physicians, policy makers and payors should consider how to support family physicians in solo practice in the interest of promoting access to and quality of care for ethnic/racial minorities.
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