We find that a greater number of racially concordant medical encounters explains some of our findings. But we also find notable reductions in racial health disparities resulting from certain spillovers / community-level effects from diversifying the provider workforce. (5/5)

In clinical settings where patients play a less determinative role in shaping the relevant outcomes—e.g., emergency care—we find a weaker link between provider racial diversity and racial health disparities. (4/5)

Is there a causal link between the racial diversity of health care providers and racial health disparities?

For chronic-disease patients where the provider-patient relationship is critical—including trust and communication between these parties—we find a very strong link. (3/5)

Years back, Jon and I set out to contribute to the racial concordance / healthcare literature. We realized that the strategy we settled upon was better suited to answer a broader, surprisingly less studied, but ultimately policy-relevant question: (2/5)

I’ve long suggested this research may be relevant to proposals aimed at elevating the role of clinical practice guidelines in med mal. The Restatement’s approach is in the spirit of prior proposals to give safe harbors for compliance with clinical practice guidelines.

See, for example, www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...