Doctor Who? The Effect of Physician-Patient Match on The SES-Health Gradient
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Doctor Who? The Effect of Physician-Patient Match on The SES-Health Gradient. / Kristiansen, Ida Lykke; Sheng, Sophie Yanying.
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T1 - Doctor Who? The Effect of Physician-Patient Match on The SES-Health Gradient
AU - Kristiansen, Ida Lykke
AU - Sheng, Sophie Yanying
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We investigate whether primary care physician and patient concordance in termsof socio-economic status (SES) reduces the SES inequality in health. We measurephysicians’ SES by their childhood SES and find that SES concordance decreaseslow-SES patients’ mortality, while high-SES patients’ mortality does not dependon their physicians’ background. Together, they translate to a 24% reduction inthe SES-mortality gradient. SES concordance changes the health behavior of thepatient and increases treatment of chronic conditions: low-SES patients with low-SES physicians receive more care at the intensive margin, have a higher detectionof chronic conditions, and have higher adherence to treatment.
AB - We investigate whether primary care physician and patient concordance in termsof socio-economic status (SES) reduces the SES inequality in health. We measurephysicians’ SES by their childhood SES and find that SES concordance decreaseslow-SES patients’ mortality, while high-SES patients’ mortality does not dependon their physicians’ background. Together, they translate to a 24% reduction inthe SES-mortality gradient. SES concordance changes the health behavior of thepatient and increases treatment of chronic conditions: low-SES patients with low-SES physicians receive more care at the intensive margin, have a higher detectionof chronic conditions, and have higher adherence to treatment.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Doctor Who? The Effect of Physician-Patient Match on The SES-Health Gradient
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