Patient-Clinician Sex and Race and/or Ethnicity Concordance and Adherence to Preventive Services Guidelines: MEPS 2018–2020
Females with female clinicians are more likely to adhere to preventive services guidelines. Racial and/or ethnic concordance was not associated with adherence to preventive services guidelines, but racial and/or ethnic concordance was low among non-White patients. Sex and racial and/or ethnic concordance may be a powerful tool for increasing preventive services utilization, but increased racial and/or ethnic concordance is needed to reach more definitive conclusions.
Authors
- Alexis L. Green
- Elíseo J. Pérez-Stable
- Erik J. Rodriquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-4218)
- Anna María Nápoles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8838-2899)
- Randy Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-7409)
- Paula D. Strassle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-1560)
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09631-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- NHLBI Division of Intramural Research