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2025-12-25 @ 2:21 AM
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2025-12-27 @ 11:55 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT04940234
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2021-12-13
First Post:
2021-06-07
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Patient Perceptions of Physician Education and Quality by Race
Sponsor:
Harvard University
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Patient Perceptions of Physician Education and Quality by Race
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2021-12
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Research has documented positive effects of doctor-patient race concordance, suggesting that increasing diversity among healthcare professionals may play an important role in addressing well-documented racial health disparities in the US. It also remains critical to improve the quality of interactions in race discordant doctor-patient relationships. However, as health systems consider policies to increase the number of minority healthcare professionals, especially among doctors, questions about the equilibrium effects of such initiatives naturally emerge. In this project, the investigators examine whether and how patients vary their perceptions of healthcare professionals by race.
Detailed Description:
Research has documented positive effects of doctor-patient race concordance. Given the low representation of minorities among doctors in the US, this evidence suggests that the path to addressing well-documented racial health disparities involves both increasing diversity among healthcare professionals and improving the quality of interactions in race-discordant doctor-patient relationships. Increased focus on improving minority representation among healthcare professionals, and especially among doctors, naturally raises questions about the equilibrium effects of such initiatives. In this study, the investigators aim to explore one potential avenue for equilibrium effects. A growing literature examines how doctors' behavior and beliefs change with patient race and potentially affect the quality of healthcare interactions. This project examines whether and how patients vary their perceptions of the quality of doctors based on race. Significant variation in the perceived quality of minority healthcare professionals could adversely affect the quality and effectiveness of healthcare interactions involving these professionals. Moreover, the range of potential negative patient attitudes that could be encountered in day-to-day clinical practice may also be considered an anticipatory tax and another barrier for prospective minority trainees.
This projects aim to test the following hypotheses: (1) whether subjects believe Black experts are less educated compared with White experts; (2) whether subject believe Black experts are lower quality compared with White experts; (3) whether there is any variation in these two outcomes based on respondent race. The investigators also explore a potential mechanism by examining the extent to which differences in patients' beliefs about the likely occupation of individuals explains differences in patients' beliefs about educational attainment and quality. In this case, the investigators hypothesize that the race of the individual in the photo may be affecting the weight that individuals put on the "expert attire" treatment.
This projects aim to test the following hypotheses: (1) whether subjects believe Black experts are less educated compared with White experts; (2) whether subject believe Black experts are lower quality compared with White experts; (3) whether there is any variation in these two outcomes based on respondent race. The investigators also explore a potential mechanism by examining the extent to which differences in patients' beliefs about the likely occupation of individuals explains differences in patients' beliefs about educational attainment and quality. In this case, the investigators hypothesize that the race of the individual in the photo may be affecting the weight that individuals put on the "expert attire" treatment.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: