Patient Perceptions of Provider Race Concordance and Quality of Chronic Illness Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black people are more likely to have hypertension and report lower quality of care than White people. Patient-provider race concordance could improve perceived quality of care, potentially lessening disparities.

Objective

Investigate the association between patient-provider race concordance and patient-perceived quality of chronic disease care, as measured by the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) scale.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a randomized trial with Black patients with persistently uncontrolled hypertension.

Setting

Participants received care at one of 69 rural primary care practices in Alabama and North Carolina.

Participants

Three hundred and ninety-one Black patients with persistently uncontro

SUBMITTER: Grant B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12344043 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature