Americans do not select their doctors based on race
To what extent do Americans racially discriminate against doctors? While a large literature shows that racial biases pervade the American healthcare system, there has been no systematic examination of these biases in terms of who patients select for medical treatment. We examine this question in the...
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| author | Reilly Olinger Benjamin Matejka Rohan Chakravarty Margaret Johnston Eliana Ornelas Julia Draves Nishi Jain Jane Hentschel William Owen Yuchuan Ma William Marx Joshua Freitag Nicholas Zhang Cameron Guage Charles Crabtree |
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| description | To what extent do Americans racially discriminate against doctors? While a large literature shows that racial biases pervade the American healthcare system, there has been no systematic examination of these biases in terms of who patients select for medical treatment. We examine this question in the context of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, where a wealth of qualitative evidence suggests that discrimination against some historically marginalized communities, particularly Asians, has increased throughout the United States. Conducting a well-powered conjoint experiment with a national sample of 1,498 Americans, we find that respondents do not, on average, discriminate against Asian or doctors from other systematically minoritized groups. We also find no consistent evidence of treatment effect heterogeneity; Americans of all types appear not to care about the racial identity of their doctor, at least in our study. This finding has important implications for the potential limits of American prejudice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e91c273a514440438ca74a33f69a097c2024-01-24T04:32:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752024-01-01810.3389/fsoc.2023.11910801191080Americans do not select their doctors based on raceReilly OlingerBenjamin MatejkaRohan ChakravartyMargaret JohnstonEliana OrnelasJulia DravesNishi JainJane HentschelWilliam OwenYuchuan MaWilliam MarxJoshua FreitagNicholas ZhangCameron GuageCharles CrabtreeTo what extent do Americans racially discriminate against doctors? While a large literature shows that racial biases pervade the American healthcare system, there has been no systematic examination of these biases in terms of who patients select for medical treatment. We examine this question in the context of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, where a wealth of qualitative evidence suggests that discrimination against some historically marginalized communities, particularly Asians, has increased throughout the United States. Conducting a well-powered conjoint experiment with a national sample of 1,498 Americans, we find that respondents do not, on average, discriminate against Asian or doctors from other systematically minoritized groups. We also find no consistent evidence of treatment effect heterogeneity; Americans of all types appear not to care about the racial identity of their doctor, at least in our study. This finding has important implications for the potential limits of American prejudice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1191080/fulldiscriminationdoctorsconjoint experimentexperimentbiasrace |
| spellingShingle | Reilly Olinger Benjamin Matejka Rohan Chakravarty Margaret Johnston Eliana Ornelas Julia Draves Nishi Jain Jane Hentschel William Owen Yuchuan Ma William Marx Joshua Freitag Nicholas Zhang Cameron Guage Charles Crabtree Americans do not select their doctors based on race Frontiers in Sociology discrimination doctors conjoint experiment experiment bias race |
| title | Americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| title_full | Americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| title_fullStr | Americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| title_full_unstemmed | Americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| title_short | Americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| title_sort | americans do not select their doctors based on race |
| topic | discrimination doctors conjoint experiment experiment bias race |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1191080/full |
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