Effect of Physician Race and Gender on Simulated Patients' Ratings

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

3,592

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 9, 2018

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2018

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2018

Conditions
Bias, RacialBias, SexPatient SatisfactionPhysician-Patient Relations
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Simulated Black Male Physician

Participants in this arm of the experiment viewed one of 10 randomly selected possible images of a simulated Black Male physician. This image was paired with a written treatment and diagnosis of gastroenteritis alongside a contradictory diagnosis and treatment plan for appendicitis from an Online Symptom Checker.

BEHAVIORAL

Simulated Black Female Physician

Participants in this arm of the experiment viewed one of 10 randomly selected possible images of a simulated Black Female physician. This image was paired with a written treatment and diagnosis of gastroenteritis alongside a contradictory diagnosis and treatment plan for appendicitis from an Online Symptom Checker.

BEHAVIORAL

Simulated White Male Physician

Participants in this arm of the experiment viewed one of 10 randomly selected possible images of a simulated White Male physician. This image was paired with a written treatment and diagnosis of gastroenteritis alongside a contradictory diagnosis and treatment plan for appendicitis from an Online Symptom Checker.

BEHAVIORAL

Simulated White Female Physician

Participants in this arm of the experiment viewed one of 10 randomly selected possible images of a simulated White Female physician. This image was paired with a written treatment and diagnosis of gastroenteritis alongside a contradictory diagnosis and treatment plan for appendicitis from an Online Symptom Checker.

Trial Locations (1)

06520

Yale University, New Haven

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Yale University

OTHER

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