Race/ethnicity and patient satisfaction. Using the appropriate method to test for perceived differences in care

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Donald A Barr

Abstract

To determine whether an established patient satisfaction scale commonly used in the primary care setting is sufficiently sensitive to identify racial/ethnic differences in satisfaction that may exist; to compare a composite indicator of overall patient satisfaction with a 4-item satisfaction scale that measures only the quality of the direct physician-patient interaction. Real-time survey of patients during a primary care office visit. Private medical offices in a generally affluent area of northern California. Five hundred thirty-seven primary care patients selected at random from those entering a medical office. Patient satisfaction using 1) a composite, 9-item satisfaction scale (VSQ-9); and 2) a 4-item subset of that scale that measures only satisfaction with direct physician care. The 9-item, composite scale identified no significant difference in patient satisfaction between white and nonwhite patients, after controlling for patient demographics and other aspects of the visit. The 4-item, physician-specific scale indicated that nonwhite patients were less satisfied than white patients with their direct interaction with the physicians included in the study (P </=.01). Measurements of patient satisfaction that use multi-ite...Continue Reading

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