Patient and Physician Race and the Allocation of Time and Patient Engagement Efforts to Mental Health Discussions in Primary Care: An Observational Study of Audiorecorded Periodic Health Examinations.
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SUBMITTER: Foo PK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5453836 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul/Sep
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Patient and Physician Race and the Allocation of Time and Patient Engagement Efforts to Mental Health Discussions in Primary Care: An Observational Study of Audiorecorded Periodic Health Examinations.
Foo Patricia K PK Frankel Richard M RM McGuire Thomas G TG Zaslavsky Alan M AM Lafata Jennifer Elston JE Tai-Seale Ming M
The Journal of ambulatory care management 20170701 3
This study investigated racial differences in patient-physician communication around mental health versus biomedical issues. Data were collected from audiorecorded periodic health examinations of adults with mental health needs in the Detroit area (2007-2009). Patients and their primary care physicians conversed for twice as long, and physicians demonstrated greater empathy during mental health topics than during biomedical topics. This increase varied by patient and physician race. Patient race ...[more]
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