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Insurance, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex in the Search for a New Physician
Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
  • Rajiv Sharma, Portland State University
  • Arnab Mitra, Portland State University
  • Miron Stano, Oakland University
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
12-1-2015
Subjects
  • Health services -- Utilization,
  • Primary Health Service
Disciplines
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 Information
Rajiv Sharma, Arnab Mitra and Miron Stano. "Insurance, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex in the Search for a New Physician" (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rajiv_sharma/1/