Migrant GPs and patients: a cross-sectional study of practice characteristics, patient experiences and migration concordance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate practice type and location of native and immigrant general practitioners (GPs); effects of migration status concordance between GPs and patients on experiences of patients in key areas of primary care quality and discrimination.

Design and setting

Secondary analysis of GP and patient survey data from QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care), a cross-sectional study of GPs and their patients in 34 countries, performed between 2011 and 2013.

Main outcome measures

We explored practice type and location of native and immigrant GPs and the experiences of native patients and patients with a migration background of communication, continuity, comprehensiveness, accessibility, and discrimination, using multilevel analysis. Concordance was modelled

SUBMITTER: Groenewegen PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397456 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature