Prejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities

被引:218
作者
Balsa, AI
McGuire, TG
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Boston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02115 USA
关键词
prejudice; stereotype; health disparities;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-6296(02)00098-X
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Disparities in health can result from the clinical encounter between a doctor and a patient. This paper studies three possible mechanisms: prejudice of doctors in the form of being less willing to interact with members of minority groups, clinical uncertainty associated with doctors' differential interpretation of symptoms from minority patients or from doctor's distinct priors across races, and stereotypes doctors hold about health-related behavior of minority patients. Within a unified conceptual framework, we show how all three can lead to disparities in health and health services use. We also show that the effect of social policy depends critically on the underlying cause of disparities. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:89 / 116
页数:28
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