Underrepresented Minority Family Physicians More Likely to Care for Vulnerable Populations

Author(s)

Jetty, Anuradha, Hyppolite, Julie, Eden, Aimee R, Taylor, Melina K, and Jabbarpour, Yalda

Topic(s)

Achieving Health System Goals

Keyword(s)

Population Health

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Using data from 2016 to 2020, we found that family physicians who identify as underrepresented minorities in medicine were more likely to have a larger percentage of vulnerable patients in their panels. Increasing access to care for vulnerable patient populations will require a combination of advocating for policies to diversify the physician pipeline and those that encourage all primary care physicians to care for vulnerable patients.

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