Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Visit Rates Across 29 Specialties

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Nov 1;181(11):1525-1527. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3771.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines US racial/ethnic disparities in outpatient visit rates to 29 physician specialties.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data*
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility* / organization & administration
  • Health Services Accessibility* / standards
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Healthcare Disparities* / ethnology
  • Healthcare Disparities* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medicine / statistics & numerical data*
  • Minority Health* / ethnology
  • Minority Health* / standards
  • Race Factors
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • United States / epidemiology