@article {Ahmad330, author = {W I Ahmad and E E Kernohan and M R Baker}, title = {Patients{\textquoteright} choice of general practitioner: importance of patients{\textquoteright} and doctors{\textquoteright} sex and ethnicity.}, volume = {41}, number = {349}, pages = {330--331}, year = {1991}, publisher = {Royal College of General Practitioners}, abstract = {The relative importance of sex and ethnicity in patients{\textquoteright} choice of doctor is not known. A total of 1633 consultations at a health centre in Bradford, with a mixed ethnic list, were examined over a four week period to test the relative importance of these variables. Patients had the choice to consult any one of: a male Asian, a male white or a female white doctor. Asian patients, irrespective of sex, were significantly (P less than 0.001) more likely to consult the Asian doctor then either of the other two doctors, though a greater proportion of Asian women than men consulted the female white doctor. Although the sex of the doctor was important in patients{\textquoteright} choice, for Asian patients the doctor{\textquoteright}s culture and language were more important.}, issn = {0960-1643}, URL = {https://bjgp.org/content/41/349/330}, eprint = {https://bjgp.org/content/41/349/330.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of General Practice} }