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Underrepresented Minority Family Physicians More Likely to Care for Vulnerable Populations

2022

AUTHOR(S)
Jetty, Anuradha
Hyppolite, Julie
Eden, Aimee R
Taylor, Melina K
Jabbarpour, Yalda
TOPIC(S)
Achieving Health System Goals
KEYWORD(S)
Population Health
VOLUME
35(2):223-224

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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