RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patients' choice of general practitioner: importance of patients' and doctors' sex and ethnicity.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 330
OP 331
VO 41
IS 349
A1 Ahmad, W I
A1 Kernohan, E E
A1 Baker, M R
YR 1991
UL http://bjgp.org/content/41/349/330.abstract
AB The relative importance of sex and ethnicity in patients' 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' choice, for Asian patients the doctor's culture and language were more important.