Racial Concordance Between NBA and MLB Players and Their Team Physicians
Substantial race discordance was found between professional athletes and head team physicians. Physicians more closely mirroring the patient populations that we treat-including professional athletes-may positively affect health care relationships and improve patient/provider barriers.
Authors
- Andrew L. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-968X)
- Krishin Shivdasani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4940-6055)
- Nickolas Garbis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-6822)
- Dane Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-5224)
- Andrew J. Gaetano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0024-0871)
Institutions
- Loyola Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671241310472
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.87